Interstitial pneumonitis in association with polymyositis and dermatomyositis

Chest. 1974 Apr;65(4):403-7. doi: 10.1378/chest.65.4.403.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Biopsy
  • Dermatomyositis / complications*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myositis / complications*
  • Prednisone / therapeutic use
  • Prognosis
  • Pulmonary Diffusing Capacity
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis / drug therapy
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis / etiology*
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis / pathology
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis / physiopathology
  • Radiography
  • Spirometry
  • Vital Capacity

Substances

  • Prednisone