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How do you approach management of ILD in the presence of weakly positive RF and ANA but no other objective systemic findings of connective tissue disease?

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Rheumatology · University of Washington

This issue comes up frequently in our combined ILD/Rheumatology clinic and my pulmonary colleagues are typically looking at me for an answer as to whether I think the biomarkers are relevant to the patient's ILD. Low-level ANAs and RFs are not uncommon in the general population and can result in ove...

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