Bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia (BOOP), presenting as a ring-shaped opacity at HRCT (the atoll sign): A case report;Bronchiolite obliterante con polmonite organizzativa come causa di opacità ad «atollo». Descrizione di un caso studiato con Tomografia Computerizzata con alta risoluzione

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 308-310

  Zompatori, Mauro ^a   Poletti, Venerino ^b   Battista, Giuseppe ^a   Diegoli, Margherita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY;

BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0039698594     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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