Unusual onset of rheumatoid arthritis with diffuse pulmonary nodulosis: A diagnostic problem

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 920-922

  Laloux, Laurent ^a   Chevalier, Xavier ^a   Maitre, Bernard ^a   Lange, Francoise ^a   Chanzy, Marie Odile ^a   Larget Piet, Bruno ^a   Claudepierre, Pascal ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Lung Rheumatoid Arthritis; Methotrexate; Rheumatoid Nodules

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISONE; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG NODULE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; RHEUMATOID NODULE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032964949     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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