The lungs in rheumatoid arthritis - a clinical, radiographic and pulmonary function study

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 829-833

  Morrison, Stephen C ^a   Mody, Girish M ^a   Benatar, Solly R ^a   Meyers, Orlando L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIECTASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; RADIOGRAPHY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID NODULE; SOUTH AFRICA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0029778249     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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