Ultrasound lung comets: New echographic sign of lung interstitial fibrosis in systemic sclerosis;Le comete ultrasoniche polmonari (ULC): Un nuovo segno ecografico di fibrosi polmonare nella sclerodermia

Reumatismo

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 180-184

  Doveri, M ^a   Frassi, F ^b   Consensi, A ^a   Vesprini, E ^a   Gargani, L ^b   Tafuri, M ^b   Picano, E ^b   Della Rossa, A ^a   Delle Sedie, A ^a   d'Ascanio, A ^a   Giacomelli, C ^a   Bazzichi, Laura ^a   Bombardieri, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chest HRTC; Interstitial fibrosis; Systemic sclerosis; Ultrasound lung comets

Indexed keywords

CENTROMERE ANTIBODY; SCL 70 ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRICUSPID VALVE; ULTRASOUND LUNG COMET;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; CENTROMERE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 57149128905     PISSN: 00487449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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