The race against time to disclose lung inflammation in interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis: is PET scan the winning solution?

Silvia Bellando-Randone^{1

2}, Marco Matucci-Cerinic^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence.
² Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology AOUC, Florence, Italy.

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Silvia Bellando-Randone et al. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2020.

. 2020 Jun 1;59(6):1198-1199.

doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keaa077.

Silvia Bellando-Randone^{1

2}, Marco Matucci-Cerinic^{1

2}

¹ Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence.
² Department of Geriatric Medicine, Division of Rheumatology AOUC, Florence, Italy.

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The quantitative assessment of interstitial lung disease with positron emission tomography scanning in systemic sclerosis patients.
Peelen DM, Zwezerijnen BGJC, Nossent EJ, Meijboom LJ, Hoekstra OS, Van der Laken CJ, Voskuyl AE. Peelen DM, et al. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2020 Jun 1;59(6):1407-1415. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kez483. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2020. PMID: 31642912 Free PMC article.

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