The respiratory tract and juvenile rheumatic diseases

Rev Bras Reumatol. 2011 Jan-Feb;51(1):88-96.
[Article in English, Portuguese]

Abstract

Respiratory tract disorders in the juvenile rheumatic diseases are not infrequent and can have different clinical features when compared with those in the adult diseases. The purpose of this review article is to show the main manifestations of the respiratory tract, with an emphasis on lung involvement, in the most frequent juvenile rheumatic diseases.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Rheumatic Diseases* / complications
  • Rheumatic Diseases* / diagnosis
  • Rheumatic Diseases* / drug therapy