Idiopathic interstitial pneumonias International multidisciplinary consensus classification by the American Thoracic Society and the European Respiratory Society. Clinico-pathological entities, and diagnosis;Pneumopathies interstitielles diffuses idiopathiques: Classification de Consensus International Multidisciplinaire de l'American Thoracic Society et de l'European Respiratory Society, principales entités anatomo-cliniques, et conduite du diagnostic

Revue des Maladies Respiratoires

Volumn 21, Issue 2 PART 1, 2004, Pages 299-318

  Cottin, V ^a   Capron, F ^b   Grenier, P ^b   Cordier, J F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^c LOUIS PRADEL HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Classification; Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis; Interstitial Pneumonia; Lung Biopsy; Organising Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; BRONCHIOLITIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOGENIC ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; DESQUAMATIVE PNEUMONIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INTERSTITIUM; LYMPHOCYTIC INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SJOEGREN SYNDROME;

EID: 3042766098     PISSN: 07618425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0761-8425(04)71288-7     Document Type: Review

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