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01-12-2010 | Case Report
Organizing pneumonia in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis treated with etanercept
Authors:
Hiroyuki Sakaida, Yuko Komase, Tamiko Takemura
Published in:
Modern Rheumatology
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Issue 6/2010
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Abstract
Etanercept-induced organizing pneumonia (OP) has not been reported in Japan. We describe the case of a rheumatoid arthritis patient who developed OP during etanercept treatment and discuss the possible mechanisms underlying the development of etanercept-induced OP and the existence of factors that predispose Japanese patients to drug-induced OP.