Rheumatoid pneumoconiosis (Caplan's syndrome)

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 168-172

  Schreiber, J ^a   Koschel, D ^b   Kekow, J ^a   Waldburg, N ^a   Goette, A ^a   Merget, R ^c  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Centre for Pneumonology and Thoracic Surgery   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoimmune diseases; Caplan's syndrome; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rheumatoid pneumoconiosis; Silica

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 GLOBULIN; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; CYTOKINE; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; ETANERCEPT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 1; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SILICON DIOXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ANTIBODY;

CLINICAL FEATURE; COAL MINING; COAL WORKER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG CALCIFICATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CAPLAN SYNDROME; HUMANS;

EID: 77952424547     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2010.02.004     Document Type: Review

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