Rheumatoid Arthritis Associated with Characteristic Chest X-ray Appearances in Coal-workers

W. E. Miall, A. Caplan, A. L. Cochrane, G. S. Kilpatrick, P. D. Oldham

BMJ · 1953 · 110 citations · 11 references

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A new syndrome has been described in coal-workers (Caplan, 1953) in which rheumatoid arthritis is associ- ated with -nodular fibrosis of the lung which is radio- logically similar to, but distinguishable from, the massive fibrosis appearing in complicated pneumoconiosis. A

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