The Korean journal of internal medicine
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Korean J. Intern. Med. · Mar 2019
Clinical characteristics associated with occurrence and poor prognosis of interstitial lung disease in rheumatoid arthritis.
To analyze clinical characteristics of interstitial lung disease (ILD) associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), especially in patients with poor prognosis. ⋯ The survival of RA patients with ILD is adversely affected by age at the time of ILD diagnosis. RA-ILD patients diagnosed after age 65 or with a UIP subtype on HRCT may have a poor prognosis.