Three-dimensional analysis of alveolar structure in usual interstitial pneumonia

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 441, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 47-52

  Honda, Takayuki ^a   Ota, Hiroyoshi ^a   Arai, Kenichi ^a   Hayama, Masayoshi ^a   Fujimoto, Keisaku ^a   Yamazaki, Yoshitaka ^a   Haniuda, Masayuki ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alveolus; Elastic fiber; Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; Type II pneumocyte; Usual interstitial pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ACTIN ANTIBODY; ALPHA ACTIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CELL ANTIBODY; THOMSEN FRIEDENREICH PNEUMOCYTE ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CASE REPORT; CELL DAMAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTIC FIBER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL TYPE 2; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG COLLAPSE; LUNG FIBROSIS; MICROSCOPY; MYOFIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BIOPSY; ELASTIC TISSUE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL;

EID: 0036304448     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-001-0567-8     Document Type: Article

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