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SUBMITTER: Furukawa H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8216360 | biostudies-literature | 2021
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Furukawa Hiroshi H Oka Shomi S Higuchi Takashi T Shimada Kota K Hashimoto Atsushi A Matsui Toshihiro T Tohma Shigeto S
Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease 20210618
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is frequently a complication of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) as an extra-articular manifestation which has a poor prognosis. Acute-onset diffuse ILD (AoDILD) occasionally occurs in RA and includes acute exacerbation of ILD, drug-induced ILD, and <i>Pneumocystis</i> pneumonia. AoDILD also confers a poor prognosis in RA. Previously-established biomarkers for ILD include Krebs von den lungen-6 and surfactant protein-D originally defined in patients with idiopathic pulmo ...[more]