Familial extensive idiopathic bilateral pleural fibrosis

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 971-973

  Azoulay, E ^a   Paugam, B ^b   Heymann, M F ^c   Kambouchner, M ^a   Haloun, A ^c   Valeyre, D ^a   Battesti, J P ^a   Tazi, A ^a  

^a AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier Robert Ballanger CHRB   (France)

^c CHU de Nantes   (France)

Author keywords

Cryptogenic; Familial; Fibrosis; Pleura

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LUNG FIBROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PLEURAL DISEASES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032755445     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3003.1999.14d41.x     Document Type: Article

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