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SUBMITTER: Kadura S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9489133 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society 20210623 160
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic inflammatory disorder, with the most common extra-articular manifestation of RA being lung involvement. While essentially any of the lung compartments can be affected and manifest as interstitial lung disease (ILD), pleural effusion, cricoarytenoiditis, constrictive or follicular bronchiolitis, bronchiectasis, pulmonary vasculitis, and pulmonary hypertension, RA-ILD is a leading cause of death in patients with RA and is associated with significant morbidit ...[more]