VERY LOW-DOSE CYCLOSPORINE TREATMENT OF STEROID-RESISTANT INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONITIS ASSOCIATED WITH SJOGRENS-SYNDROME

Authors
OGASAWARA H SEKIYA M MURASHIMA A HISHIKAWA T TOKANO Y SEKIGAWA I IIDA N HASHIMOTO H HIROSE S
Citation
H. Ogasawara et al., VERY LOW-DOSE CYCLOSPORINE TREATMENT OF STEROID-RESISTANT INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONITIS ASSOCIATED WITH SJOGRENS-SYNDROME, Clinical rheumatology, 17(2), 1998, pp. 160-162
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Rheumatology
Journal title
Clinical rheumatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
07703198
Volume
17
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
160 - 162
Database
ISI
SICI code
0770-3198(1998)17:2<160:VLCTOS>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Cyclosporin is known to be effective for both transplantation and a sp ectrum of immune-mediated diseases. Because this agent also causes sev ere adverse effects, especially nephrotoxicity, careful monitoring is required for the development of such reactions. Here we report the suc cessful treatment with extremely low-dose cyclosporin (1 mg/kg/day) of a patient who had steroid-resistant interstitial pneumonitis and Sjog ren's syndrome.