Diagnosing fibrotic lung disease: When is high-resolution computed tomography sufficient to make a diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis?

Respirology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 934-939

  Schmidt, Shelley L ^a   Sundaram, Baskaran ^c   Flaherty, Kevin R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia; Pulmonary fibrosis; Usual interstitial pneumonia

Indexed keywords

BRONCHIECTASIS; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW;

BIOPSY; HUMANS; IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70049115332     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2009.01626.x     Document Type: Review

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