Utility of a simplified ultrasound assessment to assess interstitial pulmonary fibrosis in connective tissue disorders - preliminary results

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Gutierrez, Marwin ^a   Salaffi, Fausto ^a   Carotti, Marina ^a   Tardella, Marika ^a   Pineda, Carlos ^b   Bertolazzi, Chiara ^a   Bichisecchi, Elisabetta ^a   Filippucci, Emilio ^a   Grassi, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE REHABILITACIÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HUMAN; MALE; RHEUMATOLOGY; SCORING SYSTEM; ULTRASOUND; ECHOGRAPHY; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FIBROSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION;

ADULT; AGED; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051783914     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar3446     Document Type: Article

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