The organizing pneumonias: A critical review of current concepts and treatment

Treatments in Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 193-206

  Schlesinger, Cory ^a   Koss, Michael N ^b  

^a University of Southern California ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; TRIAMCINOLONE;

CLINICAL FEATURE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LAVAGE; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; BRONCHIOLE; CRYPTOGENIC ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS;

BRONCHIOLES; CRYPTOGENIC ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 33646724288     PISSN: 11763450     EISSN: 11763450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00151829-200605030-00005     Document Type: Review

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