CT findings during phase of accelerated deterioration in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-83

  Akira, Masanori ^a   Hamada, Hironobu ^a   Sakatani, Mitsunori ^a   Kobayashi, Chikako ^a   Nishioka, Michiho ^a   Yamamoto, Satoru ^a  

^a National Kinki Chuo Hospital for Chest Diseases   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FIBROSIS; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031021273     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.168.1.8976924     Document Type: Article

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