Non-specific interstitial pneumonia: Findings on sequential CT scans of nine patients

Thorax

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 854-859

  Akira, Masanori ^a   Inoue, Giichi ^a   Yamamoto, Satoru ^a   Sakatani, Mitsunori ^a  

^a National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Non specific interstitial pneumonia; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHODILATATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG MALFORMATION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0033803545     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.55.10.854     Document Type: Article

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