A STUDY OF SPIROMETRIC LUNG FUNCTION TETS AND ITS CORRELATION WITH HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2013, Vol 2, Issue 45
Abstract
Rheumatoid arthritis is disease which usually starts as an insidious symmetrical polyarthritis often with non specific systemic symptoms. Pleuropulmonary involvement is a important cause of morbidity and mortality in patients of rheumatoid arthritis. The extra articular manifestations like bronchiectasis, interstitial lung disease, caplan syndrome are well known complications of rheumatoid arthritis1. To make these things more clear, the present study has was conducted enrolling 50 patients of rheumatoid arthritis coming to Medicine Department of Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Vallah, Sri Amritsar.
Authors and Affiliations
Dinesh Kumar, Devinder Mahajan , Harkirat Kaur, Thukral C. L, Sunil Grover
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