Role of surgical lung biopsy in separating chronic hypersensitivity pneumonia from usual interstitial pneumonia/idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Chest

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 126-132

  Trahan, Syvain ^a   Hanak, Viktor ^b   Ryu, Jay H ^c   Myers, Jeffrey L ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e Department of Pathology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Hypersensitivity pneumonia; Interstitial lung disease; Pulmonary fibrosis

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG BIOPSY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 47549092809     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-0033     Document Type: Article

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