Classification of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias: Making sense of the alphabet soup

Histopathology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 381-391

  Nicholson, A G ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis; Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; Interstitial pneumonia; Usual interstitial pneumonia

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG FIBROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STANDARD;

CONSENSUS; EUROPE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TERMINOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036431475     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.2002.01421.x     Document Type: Review

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