Nonspecific interstitial pneumonia associated with collagen vascular disease: Analysis of CT features to distinguish the various types

Internal Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 753-761

  Daimon, Tadahisa ^a   Johkoh, Takeshi ^b   Honda, Osamu ^c   Sumikawa, Hiromitsu ^c   Ichikado, Kazuya ^d   Kondoh, Yasuhiro ^e   Taniguchi, Hiroyuki ^e   Fujimoto, Kiminori ^f   Yanagawa, Masahiro ^c   Inoue, Atsuo ^c   Tomiyama, Noriyuki ^c   Nakamura, Hironobu ^c   Sugiyama, Yukihiko ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kinki Central Hospital of Mutual Association of Public School Teachers   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d SAISEIKAI KUMAMOTO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e TOSEI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collagen vascular diseases; Computed tomography; Interstitial lung disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COLLAGEN DISEASE; COLLAGEN VASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; MALE; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; NONSPECIFIC INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; POLYMYOSITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COLLAGEN DISEASES; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 67650092008     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.1714     Document Type: Article

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