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Department of Respiratory, Research Unit 12SP06, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, El Manar Tunis University, Rabta hospital, Tunisia.
2
Department of Respiratory, Research Unit 12SP06, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, El Manar Tunis University, Rabta hospital, Tunisia
Abstract
We report the case of a 40-year-old man with acute respiratory failure syndrome that later proved to be an initial manifestation of antisynthetase syndrome. The diagnosis of this rare combination of a connective tissue disease and an acute respiratory failure is difficult in a previously asymptomatic patient. Early diagnosis and immunosuppressive therapy started precociously prevented the disease progression and resulted in a good outcome.
Toujani,S , Mansour,A B , Mjid,M , Hedhli,A , Cherif,J , Ouahchy,Y and Beji,M . (2017). Acute Respiratory Failure as the First Manifestation of Antisynthetase Syndrome. TANAFFOS (Respiration), 16(1), 76-79.
MLA
Toujani,S , , Mansour,A B , , Mjid,M , , Hedhli,A , , Cherif,J , , Ouahchy,Y , and Beji,M . "Acute Respiratory Failure as the First Manifestation of Antisynthetase Syndrome", TANAFFOS (Respiration), 16, 1, 2017, 76-79.
HARVARD
Toujani S, Mansour A B, Mjid M, Hedhli A, Cherif J, Ouahchy Y, Beji M. (2017). 'Acute Respiratory Failure as the First Manifestation of Antisynthetase Syndrome', TANAFFOS (Respiration), 16(1), pp. 76-79.
CHICAGO
S Toujani, A B Mansour, M Mjid, A Hedhli, J Cherif, Y Ouahchy and M Beji, "Acute Respiratory Failure as the First Manifestation of Antisynthetase Syndrome," TANAFFOS (Respiration), 16 1 (2017): 76-79,
VANCOUVER
Toujani S, Mansour A B, Mjid M, Hedhli A, Cherif J, Ouahchy Y, Beji M. Acute Respiratory Failure as the First Manifestation of Antisynthetase Syndrome. TANAFFOS (Respiration). 2017;16(1):76-79.
