Abstracts tagged "inflammatory myositis and prognostic factors"

Abstract Number: 2074 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
The Analysis Of Prognostic Factors In Patients With Inflammatory Myopathies and Amyopathic Dermatomiositis Complicated With Interstitial Lung Disease
Maasa Hama¹, Yumiko Sugiyama¹, Yohei Kirino¹, Yosuke Kunishita¹, Daiga Kishimoto¹, Reikou Kamiyama¹, Kaoru Minegishi¹, Ryusuke Yoshimi¹, Yukiko Asami¹, Atsuhisa Ueda¹, Mitsuhiro Takeno¹, Ichiro Aoki² and Yoshiaki Ishigatsubo¹, ¹Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan, ²Department of Molecular Pathology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
Background/Purpose: Because interstitial lung disease (ILD) is one of the most critical manifestations and can be lethal in inflammatory myopathies (IM), especially amyopathic dermatomiositis (ADM),…