Interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features: The new consensus-based definition for this cohort of patients should be broadened

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1293-1295

  Collins, Bridget ^a   Raghu, Ganesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION DISORDER; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA WITH AUTOIMMUNE FEATURES; LETTER; MYALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; IDIOPATHIC INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIAS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; PULMONOLOGY; STANDARDS;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; HUMANS; IDIOPATHIC INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIAS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; PULMONARY MEDICINE;

EID: 84964010222     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02084-2015     Document Type: Letter

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