Clin. Exp. Rheumatol. 2020 Jan 28
Surfactant protein D is associated with 3-month mortality of anti-MDA5 antibody-interstitial lung disease.
Lyu W, Zhou Y, Zhuang Y, Liu Y, Cao M, Xin X, Wu H, Wang J, Meng F, Cai H, Dai J
To investigate the associations between serum levels of matrix metalloproteinase 7 (MMP7), surfactant protein D (SPD), interleukin 18 (IL-18) and chem ...
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J Clin Neurosci 2020 Jan 22
Serological risk factors for concomitant interstitial lung disease in patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy.
Huang HL, Lin WC, Yeh CC, Sun YT
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is an extramuscular manifestation associated with increased mortality in idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM). To id ...
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Ther Adv Musculoskelet Dis
New insights into the treatment of myositis.
Glaubitz S, Zeng R, Schmidt J
The myositis syndromes include polymyositis, dermatomyositis (DM), necrotizing myopathy, inclusion body myositis (IBM), antisynthetase syndrome and ov ...
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J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2020 Jan 15
Whole blood gene expression profiling distinguishes systemic sclerosis-overlap syndromes from other subsets.
Moinzadeh P, Frommolt P, Franitza M, Toliat MR, Becker K, Nürnberg P, Nihtyanova SI, Ahrazoglu M, Belz D, Hunzelmann N, Abraham D, Ong VH, Mouthon L, Hesselstrand R, Denton CP, Krieg T
Among autoimmune rheumatic diseases, systemic sclerosis (SSc) is especially challenging due to its clinical diversity, reflected by the extent of skin ...
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Mediterr J Hematol Infect Dis
Chronic Graft-Versus-Host-Disease-Related Polymyositis: a 17-Months-Old Child with a Rare and Late Complication of Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.
Chinello M, Balter R, De Bortoli M, Vitale V, Zaccaron A, Bonetti E, Tonin P, Vattemi G, Guglielmi V, Cesaro S
Chronic graft versus host disease (cGVHD) occurs in 20-30% of paediatric patients receiving haemopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Neuromuscul ...
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