The Journal of Association of Chest Physicians

REVIEW ARTICLE
Year
: 2022  |  Volume : 10  |  Issue : 2  |  Page : 67--74

Pulmonary manifestations of systemic sclerosis


Supriya Sarkar 
 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, College of Medicine and Sagore Dutta Hospital, Kolkata, India

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Supriya Sarkar
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Uttarayan Apartment, 466 S K B Sarani, Kolkata 700030
India

Abstract Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune connective tissue disease that primarily involve skin. Pulmonary involvements are important as they influence the outcome of SSc. Interstitial lung diseases (SSc-ILD), pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), aspiration pneumonia are common pulmonary lung diseases found in SSc.


How to cite this article:
Sarkar S. Pulmonary manifestations of systemic sclerosis.J Assoc Chest Physicians 2022;10:67-74


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Sarkar S. Pulmonary manifestations of systemic sclerosis. J Assoc Chest Physicians [serial online] 2022 [cited 2023 Mar 28 ];10:67-74
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