Connective Tissue Disease-associated Interstitial Lung Diseases (CTD-ILD) - Report from OMERACT CTD-ILD Working Group

Dinesh Khanna1, Shikha Mittoo2, Rohit Aggarwal2

  • 1From the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Michigan Scleroderma Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Royal Adelaide Hospital and University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; National Jewish Hospital, Denver, Colorado, USA; Royal Brompton Hospital and National Heart and Lung Institute, London, UK; Scleroderma Research Consultants, Litchfield, Connecticut; Vibeke Strand, MD, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA.D. Khanna, MD, MSc, Associate Professor of Medicine, Director, University of Michigan Scleroderma Program, University of Michigan; S. Mittoo, MD, MHS, University of Toronto; R. Aggarwal, MD, MS, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh; S.M. Proudman, MBBS, Royal Adelaide Hospital and Associate Professor Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide; N. Dalbeth, MD, FRACP, University of Auckland; E.L. Matteson, MD, Mayo Clinic; K. Brown, MD, National Jewish Hospital; K. Flahery, MD, MSc, Professor of Medicine, University of Michigan; A.U. Wells, MD, Royal Brompton Hospital and National Heart and Lung Institute; J.R. Seibold, MD, Scleroderma Research Consultants; V. Strand, MD, Stanford University. khannad@umich.edu.

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