Pre-Treatment Ferritin Level and Alveolar-Arterial Oxygen Gradient Can Predict Mortality Rate Due to Acute/Subacute Interstitial Pneumonia in Dermatomyositis Treated by Cyclosporine A/Glucocorticosteroid Combination Therapy: A Case Control Study

• Kentaro Isoda,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine (I), Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan

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• Tohru Takeuchi ,

  * E-mail: t-takeuchi@poh.osaka-med.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine (I), Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan

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• Takuya Kotani,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine (I), Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan

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• Kenichiro Hata,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine (I), Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan

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• Takeshi Shoda,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine (I), Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan

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• Takaaki Ishida,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine (I), Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan

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• Shuzo Yoshida,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine (I), Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan

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• Yuko Kimura,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine (I), Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan

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• Shigeki Makino,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine (I), Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan

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• Toshiaki Hanafusa

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine (I), Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Osaka, Japan

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