Relationship between cutaneous and pulmonary involvement in systemic sclerosis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-85

  Morelli, Sergio ^a   Barbieri, Claudio ^a   Sgreccia, Alessandro ^a   Ferrante, Luigi ^a   Pittoni, Valerio ^a   Conti, Fabrizio ^a   Gualdi, Gianfranco ^a   Polettini, Elisabetta ^a   Carlesimo, Onorio A ^a   Calvieri, Stefano ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

lung disease; pulmonary hypertension; systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SKIN DISEASE; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; SYSTOLE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031034911     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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