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Anti-MDA5 (melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5) antibody and dermatomyositis with rapidly progressive interstitial pneumonia
1 Jan 2013
Abstract excerpt
Anti-MDA5 antibody is one of the dermatomyositis-specific autoantibodies and anti-MDA5-potsitive patients show characteristic clinical features, such as hypomyositis, high prevalence of acute/subacute interstitial pneumonia (A/SIP) with poor prognosis, hyperferritinemia and elevated hepatobiliary enzyme. We found that serum IL-6, IL-18, M-CSF and IL-10 were significantly higher and serum IL-12 and IL-22 were...
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