Idiopathic nonspecific interstitial pneumonia: An interstitial lung disease associated with autoimmune disorders?

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 384-391

  Romagnoli, M ^a   Nannini, C ^b   Piciucchi, S ^c   Girelli, F ^a   Gurioli, C ^a   Casoni, G ^a   Ravaglia, C ^a   Tomassetti, S ^a   Gurioli, Ch ^a   Gavelli, G ^c   Carloni, A ^d   Dubini, A ^a   Cantini, F ^b   Chilosi, M ^e   Poletti, V ^a  

^a MORGAGNI PIERANTONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Generale   (Italy)

^c DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^d Ospedale Generale   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Connective tissue disease; Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia; Lung; Thyroiditis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCLERODERMA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IDIOPATHIC INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIAS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE;

EID: 80051538319     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00094910     Document Type: Article

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