Giant-cell Interstitial Pneumonia in a gas station worker

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 545-547

  Lee, Sang Moo ^a   Moon, Chan Hee ^b   Oh, Young Bae ^b   Kim, Hee Yean ^b   Ahn, Youngsoo ^a   Ko, Eun Joo ^a   Joo, Jong Eun ^a  

^a Eulji General Hospital   (South Korea)

^b No Won Eulji General Hospital ^*

Author keywords

Cobalt; Giant cells; Lung disease, interstitial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; RADIOGRAPHY;

GIANT CELLS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 0032176454     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.1998.13.5.545     Document Type: Article

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