Undifferentiated connective tissue disease presenting with prevalent interstitial lung disease: Case report and review of literature

Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Lunardi, Francesca ^a   Balestro, Elisabetta ^a   Nordio, Beatrice ^a   Cozzi, Franco ^a   Polverosi, Roberta ^a   Sfriso, Paolo ^a   Braccioni, Fausto ^a   Calabrese, Fiorella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLEURISY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURISY; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 79957945284     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17461596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1596-6-50     Document Type: Article

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