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SUBMITTER: Cassone G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7230307 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cassone Giulia G Manfredi Andreina A Vacchi Caterina C Luppi Fabrizio F Coppi Francesca F Salvarani Carlo C Sebastiani Marco M
Journal of clinical medicine 20200410 4
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic and systemic inflammatory disease affecting 0.5-1% of the population worldwide. Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a serious pulmonary complication of RA and it is responsible for 10-20% of mortality, with a mean survival of 5-8 years. However, nowadays there are no therapeutic recommendations for the treatment of RA-ILD. Therapeutic options for RA-ILD are complicated by the possible pulmonary toxicity of many disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) ...[more]