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Rheumatology 2002; 41: 712-713
© 2002 British Society for Rheumatology

Letters to the Editor

Tc-DTPA clearance and rheumatoid arthritis-associated fibrosing alveolitis

V. V. Kaushik, M. P. Lynch and J. K. Dawson

Department of Rheumatology, St Helens Hospital, Marshalls Cross Road, St Helens, Merseyside, UK

SIR, The recent article by Rajasekaran et al. [1] incorporates the use of inhaled technetium-labelled diethylenetriamine pentaacetate (Tc-DTPA) clearance in the assessment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD). This technique has a potential role in indicating the presence of ILD and identifying stable ILD. However, the authors mention that this technique has not been studied previously in RA.

Tc-DTPA clearance was incorporated in an excellent study . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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C. A. Kelly, V. Saravanan, D. Shovlin and B. A. Rajasekaran

Department of Rheumatology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead Health NHS, Sheriff Hill, Tyne & Wear, Gateshead NE9 6SX, UK


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