Nonspecific interstitial pneumonia preceding diagnosis of collagen vascular disease

The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence and clinical features of patients who developed collagen vascular disease (CVD) after an initial diagnosis of idiopathic nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP).

Source: Respiratory Medicine CME - May 31, 2016 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Masato Kono, Yutaro Nakamura, Katsuhiro Yoshimura, Yasunori Enomoto, Yoshiyuki Oyama, Hironao Hozumi, Noriyuki Enomoto, Tomoyuki Fujisawa, Naoki Inui, Etsuko Hamada, Thomas V. Colby, Masato Maekawa, Takafumi Suda Source Type: research