Nonspecific interstitial pneumonia: Histologic correlation with high-resolution CT in 29 patients

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-40

  Sumikawa, Hiromitsu ^a   Johkoh, Takeshi ^a   Ichikado, Kazuya ^b   Taniguchi, Hiroyuki ^c   Kondoh, Yasuhiro ^c   Fujimoto, Kiminori ^d   Yanagawa, Masahiro ^a   Inoue, Atsuo ^a   Mihara, Naoki ^a   Honda, Osamu ^a   Tomiyama, Noriyuki ^a   Nakamura, Hironobu ^a   Colby, Thomas V ^e  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SAISEIKAI KUMAMOTO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TOSEI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Interstitial pneumonia; Lung

Indexed keywords

CHI-SQUARE TESTS; CT; HIGH-RESOLUTION CT; HISTOLOGIC CORRELATIONS; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; INTRALUMINAL; LUNG; LUNG BIOPSIES; SMALL AIRWAYS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOPSY; PATIENT MONITORING;

GLASS;

MUCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; SMALL AIRWAY DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 63649133807     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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