Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis: An overlooked disease in Iraq

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 5-6, 2000, Pages 1130-1135

  Al Kubaisi, W ^a   Al Alwan, N ^b   Al Nu'aimi, K ^c  

^a AL NAHRAIN UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAQ; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STONE FORMATION;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CALCINOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ; LITHIASIS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034261498     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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