Ryoko Sakai
   Department   School of Medicine(Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital), School of Medicine
   Position  
Article types Original article
Language English
Peer review Peer reviewed
Title Assessment of risks of pulmonary infection during 12 months following immunosuppressive treatment for active connective tissue diseases: a large-scale prospective cohort study.
Journal Formal name:The Journal of rheumatology
Abbreviation:J Rheumatol
ISSN code:(0315-162X)0315-162X(Linking)
Domestic / ForeginForegin
Volume, Issue, Page 42(4),pp.614-22
Author and coauthor Yamazaki Hayato, Sakai Ryoko, Koike Ryuji, Miyazaki Yasunari, Tanaka Michi, Nanki Toshihiro, Watanabe Kaori, Yasuda Shinsuke, Kurita Takashi, Kaneko Yuko, Tanaka Yoshiya, Nishioka Yasuhiko, Takasaki Yoshinari, Nagasaka Kenji, Nagasawa Hayato, Tohma Shigeto, Dohi Makoto, Sugihara Takahiko, Sugiyama Haruhito, Kawaguchi Yasushi, Inase Naohiko, Ochi Sae, Hagiyama Hiroyuki, Kohsaka Hitoshi, Miyasaka Nobuyuki, Harigai Masayoshi,
Publication date 2015/04
Summary Physicians should be aware of the higher risks for corticosteroids of PI than other immunosuppressants and assess these risk factors before immunosuppressive treatment, to prevent PI.
DOI 10.3899/jrheum.140778
PMID 25641893