Asbestosis: demonstration of distinctive interstitial fibroelastosis. A pilot study

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 297-302

  Wick, Mark R ^a   Kendall, Todd J ^c   Ritter, Jon H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Mobile Pathology Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Asbestosis; Elastosis; Fibrosis; Histochemistry; Interstitial lung disease; Pneumoconiosis

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIBODY; ELASTIN; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; AUTOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELASTIC TISSUE; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; INTERSTITIAL FIBROELASTOSIS; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FIBROSIS; MALE; ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ASBESTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTIC TISSUE; ELASTIN; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 69949149494     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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