Baseline CT scans predict lung fibrosis in SSc

Patients with newly diagnosed systemic sclerosis should have a high-resolution lung CT and pulmonary function tests, because when assessed together, their findings identify patients at high risk of interstitial lung disease, researchers say. In a study of 305 patients with systemic sclerosis...
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