Familial interstitial lung disease in four members of one family: A case series

Cases Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Alhamad, Esam H ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHIOLITIS; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG NODULE; MALE; ONSET AGE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT COUNSELING; SCREENING; SIBLING; SMOKING CESSATION; SPUTUM;

EID: 77953388323     PISSN: 17571626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1626-2-9356     Document Type: Article

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