Shrinking lung syndrome as a presenting manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus in a female Kuwaiti

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 412-414

  Al Raqum, Haneen Adel ^a   Uppal, Sukhbir Singh ^a   Al Mutairy, Moudi ^a   Kumari, Rakesh ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BREATHING MUSCLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG RESPONSE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; HUMAN; KUWAIT; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG VOLUME; MUSCLE DISEASE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE PARALYSIS; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SHRINKING LUNG SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; KUWAIT; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; METHYLPREDNISOLONE HEMISUCCINATE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645767449     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-005-0020-5     Document Type: Article

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