Ultrasound lung comets in systemic sclerosis: A useful tool to detect lung interstitial fibrosis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 5 SUPPL. 62, 2010, Pages

  Sedie, A Delle ^a   Doveri, M ^a   Frassi, F ^a   Gargani, L ^a   D'errico, G ^b   Pepe, P ^a   Bazzichi, L ^a   Rlente, L ^a   Caramella, D ^b   Bombardieri, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; ULTRASOUND;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 78650575559     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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