Shrinking lung syndrome: A rare manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus;Síndrome del "pulmón pequeño", una rara manifestación del lupus eritematoso sistémico

Archivos de Bronconeumologia

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 341-342

  Vilaplana García, Rafael ^a   Trujillo Santos, Antonio Javier ^a   Vera Méndez, Francisco Jesús ^a  

^a Santa María del Rosell University General Hospital   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; INDOMETACIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BREATHING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEART AUSCULTATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LUNG; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG VOLUME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPIROMETRY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 48249147857     PISSN: 03002896     EISSN: 15792129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1579-2129(08)60057-9     Document Type: Letter

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