Natural History and Treated Course of Usual and Desquamative Interstitial Pneumonia

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 298, Issue 15, 1978, Pages 801-809

  Carrington, Charles B ^a   Gaensler, Edward A ^a   Coutu, Ronald E ^a   Fitzgerald, Muiris X ^a   Gupta, Raj G ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

CLINICAL STUDY; DESQUAMATIVE PNEUMONIA; DRUG THERAPY; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; THERAPY;

EID: 0017834533     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM197804132981501     Document Type: Article

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