Interstitial lung disease and pulmonary hypertension responsive to low-dose ultraviolet a1 irradiation in lupus

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 188-189

  Jabara, Benjamin ^a   Dahlgren, Mollie ^a   McGrath, Hugh ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; FACE RASH; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG VOLUME; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PLEURISY; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RADIATION DOSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

ADULT; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 77953150069     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e3181df822d     Document Type: Article

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