A case of the “shrinking lung syndrome” in SLE -Improvement with corticosteroid therapy-

Japanese Journal of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 217-222

  Kitamura, Yuko ^a   Okano, Yutaka ^a  

^a NIPPON KOKAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid; Respiratory muscle dysfunction; Shrinking lungs; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; BREATHING MUSCLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE DISEASE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PREDNISONE; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; SYNDROME;

EID: 0030158528     PISSN: 09114300     EISSN: 13497413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2177/jsci.19.217     Document Type: Article

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