Successful treatment of severe interstitial pneumonia by removal of circulating autoantibodies: a case series

Successful treatment of severe interstitial pneumonia by removal of circulating autoantibodies: a case series

Abstract Background There is only limited clinical data on the benefit of intense immunosuppression in patients with severe interstitial pneumonia associated with autoimmune features or new-onset connective tissue disease. Case presentation We here report a series of three consecutive patients suffe...

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Main Authors: Philipp Eller, Holger Flick, Gernot Schilcher, Florentine Moazedi-Fürst, Kathrin Eller, Emina Talakic, Josef Hermann, Yannick Allanore, Horst Olschewski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-01-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
Interstitial lung disease
Immunosuppression
Vasculitis
Autoimmunity
Radiography
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-020-01386-2

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-020-01386-2

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