Risk of surgical lung biopsy in idiopathic interstitial pneumonias

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Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1485-1486

  Riley, David J ^a,b  

^a UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School ^*

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG SURGERY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL RISK; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; BIOPSY; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; NOTE; PATHOLOGY;

BIOPSY; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL;

EID: 19844372455     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.127.5.1485     Document Type: Editorial

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