Successful Treatment of Long-Term Severe Progressive Interstitial Pneumonia with Low-Dose Corticosteroid and Azathioprine in a Patient with Diffuse Systemic Sclerosis

For progressive interstitial pneumonia (progressive IP) that accompanies diffuse systemic sclerosis (diffuse SSc), no treatment guidelines have yet been established, and it is a complication with a poor prognosis. We herein report a case in which combination therapy of a low-dose corticosteroid and...

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Main Authors: Takuya Kotani, Tohru Takeuchi, Shigeki Makino, Toshiaki Hanafusa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Rheumatology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/143927