Clinical significance of serum surfactant protein D in patients with rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung diseases
Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects approximately 1% of the population, and pulmonary involvement is common. The most common pulmonary manifestation is interstitial lung disease (ILD) which leads to pulmonary fibrosis. ILD is the only complication of...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2016-04-01
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| Series: | Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763815301370 |