Multiple pulmonary nodules

Respiration

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 91-94

  Breitenbucher A ^a,d   Gayer, R ^b   Giachino, D ^c   Mordasini, C ^a  

^a Pulmonary Division   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

^d Pulmonary Division   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dirofilaria immitis; Dirofilariasis, pulmonary; Parasitic lung diseases; Pulmonary infarct; Pulmonary nodules

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG NODULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PARASITOLOGY; THORACOSCOPY; TRAVEL;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIROFILARIASIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, PARASITIC; MIDDLE AGED; THORACOSCOPY; TRAVEL;

EID: 0031613415     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000029235     Document Type: Article

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