Primary diffuse alveolar septal amyloidosis with multiple cysts and calcification

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1569-1571

  Ohdama, S ^a   Akagawa, S ^a   Matsubara, O ^a   Yoshizawa, Y ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

calcification; diffuse alveolar septal involvement; primary amyloidosis; pulmonary cyst

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS WALL; LUNG CALCIFICATION; LUNG CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AMYLOIDOSIS; CALCINOSIS; CYSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ALVEOLI;

EID: 0030036037     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.96.09071569     Document Type: Article

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