Mediastinal lymphadenopathy in cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis: The effect of steroid therapy on the prevalence of nodal enlargement

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 435-438

  Franquet, T ^a   Gimenez, A ^a   Alegret, X ^a   Rodriguez Arias, J M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEROID THERAPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031744494     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9260(98)80272-9     Document Type: Article

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