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Practical Approach to the Evaluation and Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis-Interstitial Lung Disease Based on its Proven and Hypothetical Mechanisms.
Revista de investigacion clinica; organo del Hospital de Enfermedades de la Nutricion - 1 Jan 2000
Paulin Francisco, Babini Alejandra, Mamani Marta, Mercado Juan, Caro Fabián
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence of interstitial lung disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis varies from 10 to 42%. Rheumatoid arthritis patients with interstitial lung disease have three times the risk of death compared with those without the disease. Prognosis seems to be related to the high-resolution computed tomography pattern. Usual interstitial pneumonia pattern, resembling idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, carries a...
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