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- Title
The diagnostic utility of anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 antibody testing for predicting the prognosis of Japanese patients with DM.
- Authors
Koga, Tomohiro; Fujikawa, Keita; Horai, Yoshiro; Okada, Akitomo; Kawashiri, Shin-Ya; Iwamoto, Naoki; Suzuki, Takahisa; Nakashima, Yoshikazu; Tamai, Mami; Arima, Kazuhiko; Yamasaki, Satoshi; Nakamura, Hideki; Origuchi, Tomoki; Hamaguchi, Yasuhito; Fujimoto, Manabu; Ishimatsu, Yuji; Mukae, Hiroshi; Kuwana, Masataka; Kohno, Shigeru; Eguchi, Katsumi; Aoyagi, Kiyoshi; Kawakami, Atsushi
- Abstract
Interstitial lung disease (ILD), especially rapidly progressive ILD (RPILD), is a major poor prognostic factor in patients with DM. We investigated the association of anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (MDA5) antibody (Ab) with clinical characteristics and mortality in Japanese patients with DM.
- Publication
Rheumatology (Oxford, England), 2012, Vol 51, Issue 7, p1278
- ISSN
1462-0332
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/rheumatology/ker518