Pulmonary involvement in an adult female affected by Type B Niemann Pick disease

Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 229-233

  Falco, Francesco ^a   Bembi, Bruno ^a   Cavazza, Alberto ^b   Pittis, Maria Gabriela ^a   Zucchi, Luigi ^a  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Diffuse interstitial lung diseases; Niemann Pick Disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW CELLS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; FEMALE; FOAM CELLS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; LUNG DISEASES; NIEMANN-PICK DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 27944436197     PISSN: 11240490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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