A successful treatment of rheumatoid arthritis-related interstitial pneumonia with nintedanib

Rheumatoid arthritis-related interstitial pneumonia with a usual interstitial pneumonia (RA-UIP) has a poor prognosis and a new treatment strategy is required. The antifibrotic agent nintedanib reduces the annual rate of decline in forced vital capacity (FVC) in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) p...

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Main Authors: Tamaki Kakuwa, Shinyu Izumi, Keita Sakamoto, Tomoyuki Suzuki, Motoyasu Iikura, Haruhito Sugiyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007118303344