| Journal Call no. | R97.H66 |
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| Author | Chuh, A. A. T. |
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| Article Title | Management of a case of restrictive lung disease by family physician / A.A.T. Chuh, R.Y.H. Lui and P.C.W. Ng. |
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| Is Part Of | Hong Kong practitioner ; v.21, no.12, Dec 1999, p.579-580, +2p., illus. |
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| Abstract | A 35-year-old female patient presented with three month history of progressive dyspnoea. Physical findings and lung function test results suggested a restrictive lung disease. Physical signs including fish-mouth facies, pointed finger tips and a vasculitic rash, and serological findings including positive anti-nuclear antibodies at high titre, positive rheumatoid factor, negative anti-double-stranded DNA, borderline anti-Ro antibodies as well as positive anti-centromere antibodies, supported a connective tissue disease such as systemic sclerosis. The article describes the role of the family physician in her care. |
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