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Rheumatology 2003; 42: 603-604
© 2003 British Society for Rheumatology

Letters to the Editor

Survival in fibrosing alveolitis associated with rheumatoid arthritis is better than cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis

V. Saravanan and C. A. Kelly1

Freeman Hospital, Musculoskeletal Unit, Newcastle and
1 Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Rheumatology, Gateshead, UK

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SIR, Hubbard and Venn [1] have used a novel approach by using the general practice research database to show that the survival in fibrosing alveolitis associated with connective tissue disease (FA-CTD) is as bad as in lone cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis (LCFA). The result is contrary to current view [2] that FA-CTD is more benign . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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