Autoantibody Profiles in Collagen Disease Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD): Antibodies to Major Histocompatibility Complex Class l-Related Chain a (MICA) as Markers of ILD

Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is frequently associated with collagen disease. It is then designated as collagen vascular disease-associated ILD (CVD-ILD), and influences patients’ prognosis. The prognosis of acute-onset diffuse ILD (AoDILD) occurring in patients with collagen disease is quite poor...

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Main Authors: Hiroshi Furukawa, Shomi Oka, Kota Shimada, Kiyoe Masuo, Fumiaki Nakajima, Shunichi Funano, Yuki Tanaka, Akiko Komiya, Naoshi Fukui, Tatsuya Sawasaki, Kenji Tadokoro, Masato Nose, Naoyuki Tsuchiya, Shigeto Tohma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-01-01
Series:Biomarker Insights
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.4137/BMI.S28209