Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: To biopsy or not to biopsy

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 185-186

  Katzenstein, Anna Luise A ^a   Myers, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EDITORIAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FIBROSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0035880164     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.164.2.2105010a     Document Type: Editorial

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