RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Dr. Kitajima et al reply
JF The Journal of Rheumatology
JO J Rheumatol
FD The Journal of Rheumatology
SP jrheum.220777
DO 10.3899/jrheum.220777
A1 Takamasa Kitajima
A1 Atsushi Funauchi
A1 Toshiki Nakajima
A1 Satoshi Marumo
A1 Yoshitaka Imura
A1 Motonari Fukui
YR 2022
UL http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2022/09/15/jrheum.220777.abstract
AB We thank Mutoh et al1 for their interest in our study on antimelanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 antibody–positive interstitial lung disease (anti-MDA5-ILD) after vaccination with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) mRNA vaccines2 and for sharing their clinical experience. Mutoh et al1 reported a case of anti-MDA5-ILD that developed 8 weeks after COVID-19 mRNA vaccination in Japan.