Interstitial Lung Disease: A Diagnostic Approach: Are CT Scan and Lung Biopsy Indicated in Every Patient?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue 3 I, 1995, Pages 909-914

  Raghu, Ganesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG; LUNG LAVAGE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; THORACOSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY;

BIOPSY; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; THORACOSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029270126     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.151.3.7881691     Document Type: Article

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