title: 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?
authors.affiliation: Rheumatology Society of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil. nevesfab@bol.com.br
authors.forename: Fabricio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Souza Neves
authors.forename: Thais Helena Otto
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Gislaine
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paviani
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fontes Zimmermann
authors.forename: Glaucio Ricardo Werner
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: de Castro
authors.forename: Ivânio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Alves Pereira
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear; C035356:SS-A antibodies