Reinforcing a medical hypothesis with a new question: Is there a subgroup of shrinking lungs syndrome that is induced by pleurisy in systemic lupus erythematosus and is this subgroup marked by anti-Ro/SSA?

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 777-779

  Neves, Fabricio Souza ^a,b,d   Da Silva, Thais Helena Otto ^c   Paviani, Gislaine ^c   Zimmermann, Adriana Fontes ^a,b,c   De Castro, Glaucio Ricardo Werner ^a,b,c   Pereira, Ivânio Alves ^a,c  

^a Pereira Rheumatology Society of Santa Catarina   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL GOVERNADOR CELSO RAMOS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anti Ro SSA; Autoantibodies; Lung; Pleurisy; Serositis; Shrinking lungs; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; RO ANTIBODY; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; SS-A ANTIBODIES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAPHRAGM DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PLEURISY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHRINKING LUNGS SYNDROME; SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THORAX PAIN; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; LUNG; LUNG VENTILATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURISY; PULMONARY VENTILATION; SEROSITIS;

EID: 77956263127     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-010-1427-1     Document Type: Article

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