Lung bullae and pulmonary fibrosis associated with marijuana smoking

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 411-414

  Phan, T D ^a   Lau, K K P ^a   Li, X ^a  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lung bullae; Marijuana; Pulmonary fibrosis; Smoking

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG BULLA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; MACROPHAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; BLISTER; CANNABIS SMOKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; LUNG DISEASE; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BLISTER; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 32944457546     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2005.01472.x     Document Type: Article

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