Pulmonary calcifications: A review

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 190-193

  Bendayan, D ^a   Barziv, Y ^a   Kramer, M R ^b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chronic renal failure; Hyperparathyroidism; Pulmonary calcifications; Pulmonary nodules; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; HYDROXYAPATITE; PHOSPHATE;

AUTOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LUNG CALCIFICATION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LYMPH NODE; PLEURA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0343091992     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rmed.1999.0716     Document Type: Article

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