Imaging and serum biomarkers in connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases: correlation between lung ultrasound B-lines and KL-6 levels

Ann Rheum Dis. 2019 Apr;78(4):573-575. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-214098. Epub 2018 Oct 23.

¹ Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Shantou Central Hospital, Shantou, China stzxyywyk@126.com 1036587183@qq.com.
² Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology AOUC, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
³ Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China stzxyywyk@126.com 1036587183@qq.com.
⁴ Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China.
⁵ Department of Radiology, Shantou Central Hospital, Shantou, China.
⁶ Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Shantou Central Hospital, Shantou, China.
⁷ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shantou Central Hospital, Shantou, China.
⁸ Department of Pathology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China.
⁹ Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA.
¹⁰ Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, Pisa, Italy.

^# Contributed equally.

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Keywords: autoimmune diseases; pulmonary Fibrosis; ultrasonography.

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