Hard metal interstitial lung disease: High-resolution computed tomography appearance

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 314-318

  Gotway, Michael B ^a   Golden, Jeffrey A ^a   Warnock, Martha ^a   Koth, Laura L ^a   Webb, Richard ^a   Reddy, Gautham P ^a   Balmes, John R ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Interstitial lung disease; Lung fibrosis; Pneumoconiosis; Thin section

Indexed keywords

COBALT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

ADULT; COBALT; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036790908     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005382-200210000-00009     Document Type: Article

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