Efficacy of Glucocorticoids and Calcineurin Inhibitors for Anti-aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase Antibody-positive Polymyositis/dermatomyositis-associated Interstitial Lung Disease: A Propensity Score-matched Analysis.

CONCLUSION: Propensity score-matched analysis demonstrated that first-line PSL + CNI therapy for patients with ARS-PM/DM-ILD significantly improved the PFS compared with PSL monotherapy, although there was no significant difference regarding longterm survival.
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Source: J Rheumatol - January 15, 2019 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Hozumi H, Fujisawa T, Nakashima R, Yasui H, Suzuki Y, Kono M, Karayama M, Furuhashi K, Enomoto N, Inui N, Nakamura Y, Mimori T, Suda T Tags: J Rheumatol Source Type: research