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Case Report

Early diagnosis and treatment for remission of clinically amyopathic dermatomyositis complicated by rapid progress interstitial lung disease: a report of two cases

Yoshiro HoraiUnit of Translational Medicine, Department of Rheumatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Eriko IsomotoThe Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Genbaku Hospital, Morimachi 3-15, Nagasaki 852-8511, Japan
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Tomohiro KogaUnit of Translational Medicine, Department of Rheumatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Akitomo OkadaUnit of Translational Medicine, Department of Rheumatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Shin-ya KawashiriUnit of Translational Medicine, Department of Rheumatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Mami TamaiUnit of Translational Medicine, Department of Rheumatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Satoshi YamasakiUnit of Translational Medicine, Department of Rheumatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Hideki NakamuraUnit of Translational Medicine, Department of Rheumatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Tomoki OriguchiUnit of Translational Medicine, Department of Rheumatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan;Nagasaki University School of Health Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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Yasuhito HamaguchiDepartment of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takaramachi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-8641, Japan
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Manabu FujimotoDepartment of Dermatology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takaramachi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-8641, Japan
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Masataka KuwanaDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
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Atsushi KawakamiUnit of Translational Medicine, Department of Rheumatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Pages 190-194 | Received 17 Jan 2012, Accepted 12 Mar 2012, Published online: 02 Jan 2014

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