Pulmonary rheumatoid nodules demonstrating features usually associated with rheumatoid synovial membrane

Rheumatology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 811-814

  Highton, John ^a   Hung, N ^b   Hessian, P ^c   Wilsher, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ectopic lymphoid follicles; Immunohistology; Pulmonary granuloma; Pulmonary rheumatoid nodule

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; DICLOFENAC; FORMALDEHYDE; HEMOGLOBIN; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CASE REPORT; CELL AGGREGATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG NODULE; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RHEUMATOID NODULE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNOVIUM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CHORISTOMA; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG DISEASE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; CHORISTOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATOID NODULE; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE;

EID: 34347254683     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kel411     Document Type: Article

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