Lung function in children with newly diagnosed connective tissue disease.

CONCLUSIONS: Lung function impairment is relatively common in children with CTDs. Although restrictive ventilatory pattern is considered typical feature of lung involvement in CTDs, airflow limitation could also be an initial abnormality. PMID: 26676969 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska - December 17, 2015 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Peradzyńska J, Krenke K, Szylling A, Kołodziejczyk B, Gazda A, Rutkowska-Sak L, Kulus M Tags: Pneumonol Alergol Pol Source Type: research