A 34-year-old man presenting with gradual onset of shortness of breath and interstitial lung disease

Chest

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1041-1047

  Rubinowitz, Ami N ^a   Moon, Marianne ^a   Homer, Robert ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyspnea; Interstitial lung disease; Nonspecific interstitial pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 42149088886     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-2235     Document Type: Article

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