Usual interstitial pneumonia: Histologic study of biopsy and explant specimens

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1567-1577

  Katzenstein, Anna Luise A ^a,c   Zisman, David A ^b   Litzky, Leslie A ^b   Nguyen, Bhin T ^b   Kotloff, Robert M ^b  

^a CROUSE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; Nonspecific interstitial pneumonia; Usual interstitial pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPLANT; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FIBROBLAST; LUNG INJURY; MALE; OBSERVATION; ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY FIBROSIS;

EID: 0036891960     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200212000-00004     Document Type: Article

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