Relationship between histopathological features and the course of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis/usual interstitial pneumonia

Thorax

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1091-1095

  Tiitto, L ^a   Bloigu, R ^a   Heiskanen, U ^a   Paakko P ^a   Kinnula, V L ^b   Kaarteenaho Wiik, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33748704958     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2005.055814     Document Type: Article

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