This Monograph provides expert clinical guidance on these difficult diseases, which will be
helpful to both respiratory and nonrespiratory physicians alike. The initial chapters consider …

Preview The connective tissue diseases may involve many different pulmonary tissues,
including the pleura, interstitia, bronchioles, respiratory muscles, and vasculature, and the …

This updated and expanded version, written by 72 international experts to provide a survey
of current knowledge of pulmonary diseases for use by specialists and students alike, is …

Pulmonary complications may be encountered with many systemic diseases. This article
discusses several such complications associated with: vasculitis (Wegener's …

IIIII The respiratory system often sustains most of the damage caused by diseases that are
primarily non pulmonary in origin. In many of these systemic diseases, pulmonary …

The spectrum of systemic rheumatologic disease (often termed connective tissue disease) is
characterized by autoimmune-mediated organ dysfunction, and the lungs are a frequent …

It has been recognized for over a century that patients with “rheumatism” may have
respiratory abnormalities as well. However, only in the last 20 years or so, as tests of …

The diagnosis of systemic diseases involves an analysis of their characteristic clinical
manifestations in different organ systems. Clinical features are often correlated with …