Bronchiolitis interstitial pneumonitis: a pathologic study of 31 lung biopsies with features intermediate between bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia and usual interstitial pneumonitis, with clinical correlation

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 171-180

  Mark, Eugene J ^a   Ruangchira urai, Ruchira ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis; Cystic fibrosis; Interstitial pneumonitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 43449128392     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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