Lung ultrasound for the screening of interstitial lung disease in very early systemic sclerosis
Lung ultrasound for the screening of interstitial lung disease in very early systemic sclerosis
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England: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and European League Against Rheumatism
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English
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England: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and European League Against Rheumatism
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Background A high percentage of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) develop interstitial lung disease (ILD) during the course of the disease. Promising data have recently shown that lung ultrasound (LUS) is able to detect ILD by the evaluation of B-lines (previously called ultrasound lung comets), the sonographic marker of pulmonary interstitial...
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Lung ultrasound for the screening of interstitial lung disease in very early systemic sclerosis
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1285463831
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1285463831
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0003-4967
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1468-2060
DOI
10.1136/annrheumdis-2011-201072
