Dendriform pulmonary ossification in patient with rare earth pneumoconiosis

Thorax

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 701-703

  Yoon, H K ^a   Moon, H S ^a   Park, S H ^a   Song, J S ^a,c   Lim, Y ^a   Kohyama, N ^b  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; OSSIFICATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADULT; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 23744487461     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2003.006270     Document Type: Article

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