Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis and the fibrosing alveolitis of systemic sclerosis: Morphological differences on computed tomographic scans

Thorax

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 265-270

  Chan, Thomas Y K ^a   Hansell, David M ^a   Rubens, Michael B ^a   Du Bois, Roland M ^a   Wells, Athol U ^b  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

CT scanning; lung fibrosis; scleroderma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERODERMA; SMOKING; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

EID: 0030934248     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.52.3.265     Document Type: Article

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