Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5953470 | Chest | 2015 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
A UIP pattern, which seems to be frequent in UCTD, showed a poorer prognosis than that of UCTD-NSIP. However, the prognosis of UCTD-UIP was significantly better than that of IPF, highlighting the importance of searching for underlying UCTD in suspected IPF cases.
Keywords
CTDIIPUCTDUIPNSIPHRCTIPFDLCOENAhigh-resolution CTILDantinuclear antibodyextractable nuclear antigenANAConnective tissue diseaseInterstitial lung diseaseUndifferentiated Connective Tissue DiseaseOrganizing pneumoniadiffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxiderheumatoid factoridiopathic pulmonary fibrosisIdiopathic interstitial pneumoniaUsual interstitial pneumoniaNonspecific interstitial pneumonia
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Authors
Ho-Cheol MD, Wonjun MD, Mi Young MD, PhD, Thomas V. MD, PhD, Se Jin MD, PhD, Chang-Keun MD, PhD, Seung Bong PhD, Dong Soon MD, PhD,