Interstitial Lung Disease Evaluation: Detecting Connective Tissue Disease
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Interstitial lung disease evaluation: detecting connective tissue disease.
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a common manifestation of connective tissue disease (CTD) and is often associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The evaluation of ILD in patients with CTD is complex because of the heterogeneity of the CTD spectrum, the various patterns and degrees of severity of ILD encountered, and because ILD can be identified at any point in time in these patie...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Respiration
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0025-7931,1423-0356
DOI: 10.1159/000440665