Complete disappearance of lung abnormalities on high-resolution computed tomography: A case of histiocytosis X

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 235-237

  Negrin Dastis, Sergio ^a   Butenda, Dominique ^a   Dorzee, Jacques ^a   Fastrez, Jacques ^a   d'Odémont, Jean Paul ^a  

^a Clinique Saint Joseph at Mons   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cysts; Histiocytosis X; HRCT resolution; Smoking cessation

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN S 100; T6 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGITIS; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CYST; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG NODULE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447501762     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2007/941618     Document Type: Article

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