Transbronchial biopsy in usual interstitial pneumonia

Chest

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1126-1131

  Berbescu, Ema A ^a   Katzenstein, Anna Luise A ^a   Snow, Jennifer L ^b   Zisman, David A ^c  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Interstitial lung disease; Pulmonary fibrosis; Transbronchial biopsy; Usual interstitial pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG BIOPSY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646468631     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.129.5.1126     Document Type: Article

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