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Philippe Camus, M.D.

Dijon, France

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Methotrexate

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XV.h Path: NSIP-fibrotic pattern

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Last update : 27/01/2016
 
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DMARDs (disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs)
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Pemetrexed
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Publications

Life threatening acute pneumonitis during low dose methotrexate treatment for rheumatoid arthritis: a case report and review of the literature.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases 1988 Sep;47;784-8 1988 Sep
Methotrexate-induced diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis.
Southern medical journal 1979 Mar;72;313-8 1979 Mar

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