Pulmonary fibrosis in polymyositis with the Jo-1 syndrome: An unusual mode of presentation

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1167-1169

  Kiely, J L ^a   Donohoe, P ^a   Bresnihan, B ^a   McNicholas, W T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; HISTIDINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031684997     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(98)90413-9     Document Type: Article

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