Rapidly Progressive Respiratory Failure in Mixed Connective Tissue Disease: Report of an Autopsy Case

Internal Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 3415-3419

  Watanabe, Yasutaka ^a   Koyama, Shinichiro ^a   Moriguchi, Masato ^a   Miwa, Chihiro ^a   Shiraishi, Mamoru ^a   Nomura, Motoko ^a   Nokubi, Mitsuhiro ^a   Terai, Chihiro ^a   Kawabata, Yoshinori ^b  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Saitama Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Diffuse alveolar damage; Interstitial pneumonia; Mixed connective tissue disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; TIME;

AUTOPSY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84878250784     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.8728     Document Type: Article

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