Acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis as the initial presentation of the disease

European Respiratory Review

Volumn 18, Issue 112, 2009, Pages 129-132

  Sakamoto, K ^a,b   Taniguchi, H ^b   Kondoh, Y ^b   Ono, K ^b   Hasegawa, Y ^a   Kitaichi, M ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOSEI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KINKI CHUO CHEST MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute exacerbation; Diffuse alveolar damage; Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; Rapidly progressive interstitial pneumonia; Surgical lung biopsy; Usual interstitial pneumonia

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; LEVOFLOXACIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VITAL SIGN;

AGED; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 66549101631     PISSN: 09059180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09059180.00000409     Document Type: Article

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