Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia: What is the effect of a multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 904-910

  Flaherty, Kevin R ^b   King Jr , Talmadge E ^b   Raghu, Ganesh ^b   Lynch III, Joseph P ^b   Colby, Thomas V ^b   Travis, William D ^b   Gross, Barry H ^b   Kazerooni, Ella A ^b   Toews, Galen B ^b   Long, Qi ^b   Murray, Susan ^b   Lama, Vibha N ^b   Gay, Steven E ^b   Martinez, Fernando J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Nonspecific interstitial pneumonia; Usual interstitial pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG FIBROSIS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATHOLOGIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 5144222998     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200402-147OC     Document Type: Article

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