Mixed (neutrophil-rich) interstitial pneumonitis in biopsy specimens of lung allografts: A clinicopathologic evaluation

Chest

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 117-123

  McDonald, Josh W ^a   Keller, Cesar A ^a   Ramos, Ricardo R ^a   Brunt, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a S LOUIS UNIV HLTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Interstitial pneumonitis; Lung transplant; Neutrophils; Rejection

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

EID: 0031974256     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.113.1.117     Document Type: Article

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