Granulomatous lung disease an approach to the differential diagnosis

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 667-690

  Mukhopadhyay, Sanjay ^a   Gal, Anthony A ^b  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG DISEASE; PATHOLOGY;

BRONCHOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES;

EID: 77952023408     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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