Association of Red Blood Cell Distribution Width Levels with Connective Tissue Disease-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease (CTD-ILD)

CONCLUSION: RDW was higher in CTD-ILD patients and had a negative correlation with DLCO%predicted. RDW may be an important serum biomarker for severity and prognosis of patients with CTD-ILD.PMID:34457089 | PMC:PMC8397563 | DOI:10.1155/2021/5536360

Source: Disease Markers - August 30, 2021 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Shenyun Shi Ling Chen Xianhua Gui Lulu Chen Xiaohua Qiu Min Yu Yonglong Xiao Source Type: research