A 30-year-old man with a history of polysubstance abuse and hepatitis C presents with exertional dyspnea and patchy ground-glass opacities

Chest

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1608-1611

  Girvin, Francis ^a   Vlahos, Ioannis ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveolar sarcoidosis; High resolution CT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE DRUG ABUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

EID: 33751243656     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.130.5.1608     Document Type: Article

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