Obliterative small airway diseases in rheumatoid arthritis.
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چکیده
disease involving manyorgan systems. Amongthem, respiratory involvement is frequent including pleuritis, interstitial pneumonitis/flbrosis, and bronchiolitis; the latter two can be life threatening. Obliterative bronchiolopathies in the general population are classified into 3 categories : bronchiolitis obliterans (BO ; obliterative bronchiolitis, OB), diffuse panbronchiolitis (DPB) and bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Internal medicine
دوره 37 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1998