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Department of Respiratory, Research Unit 12SP06, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, El Manar Tunis University, Rabta hospital, Tunisia.
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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. & 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., & 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
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), 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.
