Facing the diagnostic challenges of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia

Journal of Respiratory Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 307-322

  Cosgrove, Gregory P ^a   Vourlekis, Jason S ^a   Brown, Kevin K ^a  

^a NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AT ERS guidelines for diagnosis and management of IPF; Biopsy patterns in usual interstitial pneumonitis, nonspecific interstitial pneumonitis, desquamative interstitial pneumonitis, and respiratory bronchiolitis interstitial lung disease; Clinical features; Differential diagnosis; High resolution CT findings; Key terms; Survival data

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISONE;

BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035012255     PISSN: 0194259X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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