Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis: CT and pathologic findings in 10 patients

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-64

  Sumikawa, Hiromitsu ^a   Johkoh, T ^a   Tomiyama, N ^a   Hamada, S ^a   Koyama, M ^a   Tsubamoto, M ^a   Murai, S ^a   Inoue, A ^a   Nakamura, H ^a   Tachibana, T ^b   Muller N L ^c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcification; CT; Diffuse lung disease; Lung; Microlithiasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CALCIFICATION; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STONE FORMATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 21344440485     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: 2465101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2005.659     Document Type: Article

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