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Elevated Serum Krebs von den Lungen-6 in Early Disease Predicts Subsequent Deterioration of Pulmonary Function in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis and Interstitial Lung Disease
Masataka Kuwana, Yuichiro Shirai and Tsutomu Takeuchi
The Journal of Rheumatology August 2016, jrheum.160339; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.160339
Masataka Kuwana
From the Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine; Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. Dr. Kuwana receives funding from a research grant for intractable diseases from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare. M. Kuwana, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine; Y. Shirai, MD, PhD, Instructor, Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine; T. Takeuchi, MD, PhD, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine. Address correspondence to Dr. M. Kuwana, Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan. E-mail: kuwanam@nms.ac.jp. Accepted for publication June 15, 2016.
Yuichiro Shirai
From the Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine; Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. Dr. Kuwana receives funding from a research grant for intractable diseases from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare. M. Kuwana, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine; Y. Shirai, MD, PhD, Instructor, Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine; T. Takeuchi, MD, PhD, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine. Address correspondence to Dr. M. Kuwana, Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan. E-mail: kuwanam@nms.ac.jp. Accepted for publication June 15, 2016.
Tsutomu Takeuchi
From the Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine; Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. Dr. Kuwana receives funding from a research grant for intractable diseases from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare. M. Kuwana, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine; Y. Shirai, MD, PhD, Instructor, Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine; T. Takeuchi, MD, PhD, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine. Address correspondence to Dr. M. Kuwana, Department of Allergy and Rheumatology, Nippon Medical School Graduate School of Medicine, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan. E-mail: kuwanam@nms.ac.jp. Accepted for publication June 15, 2016.
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Elevated Serum Krebs von den Lungen-6 in Early Disease Predicts Subsequent Deterioration of Pulmonary Function in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis and Interstitial Lung Disease
Masataka Kuwana, Yuichiro Shirai, Tsutomu Takeuchi
The Journal of Rheumatology Aug 2016, jrheum.160339; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.160339
Elevated Serum Krebs von den Lungen-6 in Early Disease Predicts Subsequent Deterioration of Pulmonary Function in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis and Interstitial Lung Disease
Masataka Kuwana, Yuichiro Shirai, Tsutomu Takeuchi
The Journal of Rheumatology Aug 2016, jrheum.160339; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.160339