IPF or NSIP? That is the question

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 191-192

  Volgelmeier, Claus ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; PULMONARY FIBROSIS;

EID: 0042527627     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00037003     Document Type: Editorial

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