Interstitial Pneumonia with Autoimmune Features: Why Rheumatologist-Pulmonologist Collaboration Is Essential

• Published in: Biomedicines Vol. 9; no. 1; p. 17
• Main Authors: Sebastiani, Marco, Faverio, Paola, Manfredi, Andreina, Cassone, Giulia, Vacchi, Caterina, Stainer, Anna, Pozzi, Maria Rosa, Salvarani, Carlo, Pesci, Alberto, Luppi, Fabrizio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 26.12.2020; MDPI
• Subjects: Arthritis; Autoantibodies; Autoimmune diseases; Autoimmunity; Classification; Clinical trials; Collaboration; Connective tissue diseases; Fibrosis; idiopathic interstitial pneumonias; interstitial lung diseases; interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features; Lung diseases; Medical prognosis; Morphology; Patients; Pneumonia; prognosis; Pulmonary fibrosis; Respiratory function; Review; Serology; Systemic vasculitis; Task forces; Thorax; antibody; autoimmunity; idiopathic interstitial pneumonias; interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features; classification; prognosis; interstitial lung diseases; connective tissue diseases

In 2015 the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and the American Thoracic Society (ATS) "Task Force on Undifferentiated Forms of Connective Tissue Disease-associated Interstitial Lung Disease" proposed classification criteria for a new research category defined as "Interstitial Pneumon...