Facts and controversies in the classification of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias

Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 229-238

  Poletti, V ^a   Kitaichi, M ^a  

^a BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia; Idiopathic interstitial pneumonias; Nonspecific interstitial pneumonia; Usual interstitial pneumonia

Indexed keywords

BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DESQUAMATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GIANT CELL; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033774829     PISSN: 11240490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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