Rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease: Diagnostic dilemma

Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hamblin, Mark J ^a   Horton, Maureen R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; GOLD SALT; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLAMINE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; TACROLIMUS; TOXIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; LUNG COMPLICATION; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG TOXICITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLEURA THICKENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 84866556382     PISSN: 20901836     EISSN: 20901844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/872120     Document Type: Review

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