Spontaneous pneumothorax: An unusual presentation of rheumatoid arthritis [1]

Rheumatology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1415-1416

  Saravana, S ^a   Gillott, T ^a   Abourawi, F ^a   Peters, M ^a   Campbell, A ^b   Griffith, S ^c  

^a DIANA PRINCESS OF WALES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOTREXATE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STEROID;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PLEURECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID NODULE; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNOVITIS; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CHEST PAIN; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PNEUMOTHORAX; RHEUMATOID NODULE; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 0242693435     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keg344     Document Type: Letter

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