Rheumatoid Pleural Effusion

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 368-378

  Balbir Gurman, Alexandra ^a   Yigla, Mordechai ^a   Nahir, Abraham Menahem ^a   Braun Moscovici, Yolanda ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

pleural effusion; pleural empyema; pulmonary complications; rheumatoid arthritis; TNF

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; GOLD DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MINOCYCLINE; PENICILLAMINE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; STREPTOKINASE; UROKINASE;

ADULT ONSET STILL DISEASE; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; BRONCHOSPASM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECORTICATION; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMPYEMA; EXUDATE; FIBROTHORAX; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG COMPLICATION; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG NODULE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDLINE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATHOGENESIS; PH; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID PLEURAL EFFUSION; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX DISEASE; TUBERCULOSIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COLLAGEN DISEASES; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; HUMANS; PLEURAL EFFUSION;

EID: 33744815358     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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