Adverse impact of interstitial pulmonary fibrosis on prognosis in polymyositis and dermatomyositis

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 29-37

  Arsura, Edward L ^a   Greenberg, Aaron S ^b  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

dermatomyositis; interstitial lung disease; Polymyositis; pulmonary fibrosis; pulmonary infiltrates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FIBROSIS; POLYMYOSITIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DERMATOMYOSITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MYOSITIS; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023712188     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0049-0172(88)90032-7     Document Type: Article

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