Pulmonary involvement starts in early stage ankylosing spondylitis [3]

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 325-327

  Baser, S ^a,d   Cubukcu, S ^b   Ozkurt, S ^a   Sabir, N ^a   Akdag, B ^e   Diri, E ^c  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; BRONCHIECTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; LETTER; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33746789769     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009740500492885     Document Type: Letter

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