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Count of B-lines: A Matter with Persistent Limitations
Carla Maria Irene Quarato, Valeria Verrotti di Pianella and Marco Sperandeo
The Journal of Rheumatology October 2019, jrheum.190823; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.190823
Carla Maria Irene Quarato
Ospedali Riuniti di Foggia, Department of Respiratory Disease, Foggia; IRCCS (Institute for Research and Health Care) Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, Department of Pediatrics, San Giovanni Rotondo; IRCCS Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, Unit of Interventional and Diagnostic Ultrasound of Internal Medicine, San Giovanni Rotondo, Puglia, Italy. Address correspondence to Dr. C.M. Quarato, Ospedali Riuniti di Foggia, Department of Respiratory Disease, Viale degli Aviatori 1, Foggia 71100, Italy. E-mail: c.quarato@libero.it
Valeria Verrotti di Pianella
Ospedali Riuniti di Foggia, Department of Respiratory Disease, Foggia; IRCCS (Institute for Research and Health Care) Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, Department of Pediatrics, San Giovanni Rotondo; IRCCS Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, Unit of Interventional and Diagnostic Ultrasound of Internal Medicine, San Giovanni Rotondo, Puglia, Italy. Address correspondence to Dr. C.M. Quarato, Ospedali Riuniti di Foggia, Department of Respiratory Disease, Viale degli Aviatori 1, Foggia 71100, Italy. E-mail: c.quarato@libero.it
Marco Sperandeo
Ospedali Riuniti di Foggia, Department of Respiratory Disease, Foggia; IRCCS (Institute for Research and Health Care) Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, Department of Pediatrics, San Giovanni Rotondo; IRCCS Ospedale Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, Unit of Interventional and Diagnostic Ultrasound of Internal Medicine, San Giovanni Rotondo, Puglia, Italy. Address correspondence to Dr. C.M. Quarato, Ospedali Riuniti di Foggia, Department of Respiratory Disease, Viale degli Aviatori 1, Foggia 71100, Italy. E-mail: c.quarato@libero.it
Abstract
After reading the interesting review by Gutierrez, et al1, entitled “Ultrasound in the assessment of interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis. A systematic literature review by the OMERACT Ultrasound Group,” we must take issue with some of the statements published.
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The Journal of Rheumatology
Vol. 51, Issue 3
1 Mar 2024
Count of B-lines: A Matter with Persistent Limitations
Carla Maria Irene Quarato, Valeria Verrotti di Pianella, Marco Sperandeo
The Journal of Rheumatology Oct 2019, jrheum.190823; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.190823