Autoimmune interstitial lung disease-arthritis syndrome
Synonyms: COPA syndrome
A rare genetic systemic or rheumatologic disease characterized by interstitial lung disease (often with pulmonary hemorrhage) and inflammatory arthritis associated with high-titer autoantibodies (including anti-nuclear and anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies and rheumatoid factor). Patients present from infancy to adolescence with tachypnea cough hemoptysis and/or joint pain. Some patients may also develop glomerular disease.
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Advocacy Organizations
Syndromes Without A Name (SWAN) Australia
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