Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias and the Concept of the Trump Card

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Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 359-360

  Zander, Dani S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 1242284176     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.125.2.359     Document Type: Editorial

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