Reinforcing a medical hypothesis with a new question: is there a subgroup of shrinking lungs syndrome that is induced by pleurisy in systemic lupus erythematosus and is this subgroup marked by anti-Ro/SSA?
Souza Neves
Fabricio
F
Rheumatology Society of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil. nevesfab@bol.com.br
da Silva
Thais Helena Otto
TH
Paviani
Gislaine
G
Fontes Zimmermann
Adriana
A
de Castro
Glaucio Ricardo Werner
GR
Alves Pereira
Ivânio
I
D000328:Adult; D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010998:Pleurisy / Q000150:complications*; D012123:Pulmonary Ventilation; D012700:Serositis / Q000150:complications
D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear; C035356:SS-A antibodies