Update on Tacrolimus in Patients With Interstitial Pneumonia Associated With Polymyositis or Dermatomyositis: 3-Year Postmarketing Surveillance Follow-Up in Japan.
Masataka Kuwana, Naoko Wakasugi, Tetsuji Hashida, Satoshi Uno, Takafumi Suda
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Abstract
In 2013, tacrolimus was approved in Japan for the treatment of interstitial lung disease (ILD) in patients with polymyositis (PM)/dermatomyositis (DM).1 Subsequently, Kuwana et al2 reported the 2-year interim prospective results of a postmarketing surveillance study, which found that tacrolimus-containing immunosuppressive regimens were well tolerated in patients with PM/DM-associated ILD.2.
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