Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia: Pathogenesis, clinical features, imaging and therapy review

Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 67-75

  Al Ghanem, Sara ^a   Al Jahdali, Hamdan ^a   Bamefleh, Hanaa ^a   Khan, Ali ^a,b  

^a KING FAHAD NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis; Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia; Organizing pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ACEBUTOLOL; ALPHA INTERFERON; AMIODARONE; AMPHOTERICIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; BLEOMYCIN; BUSULFAN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CEPHALOSPORIN; COCAINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GOLD SALT; METHOTREXATE; PHENYTOIN; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; SOTALOL; STEROID; SULFAMETHOXYPYRIDAZINE; TACROLIMUS; TICLOPIDINE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; CELL INFILTRATION; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; LUNG LAVAGE; MACROPHAGE; MIDDLE EAST; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW;

EID: 42049117511     PISSN: 18171737     EISSN: 19983557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.39641     Document Type: Review

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