Pulmonary Langerhans'-cell histiocytosis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 342, Issue 26, 2000, Pages 1969-1978

  Vassallo, Robert ^a   Ryu, Jay H ^a   Colby, Thomas V ^b   Hartman, Thomas ^a   Limper, Andrew H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMA; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; LANGERHANS CELLS; PROGNOSIS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 0034729740     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200006293422607     Document Type: Review

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