Discordance between general and pulmonary pathologists in the diagnosis of interstitial lung disease

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1425-1430

  Lettieri, Christopher J ^a   Veerappan, Ganesh R ^a   Parker, Joseph M ^a   Franks, Teri J ^b   Hayden, Dennis ^b   Travis, William D ^b   Shorr, Andrew F ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Histopathology; Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; Interstitial lung disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PATHOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG INJURY; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; PATHOLOGIST; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PULMONARY DISEASE (SPECIALTY); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 27144434446     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2005.03.008     Document Type: Article

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