Idiopathic bronchiolitis with features of diffuse panbronchiolitis in an African-American patient with hepatitis C virus infection

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 443-446

  Boroumand, Nahal ^a   Cooke, Rhonda ^a   Prys Picard, Curig ^a   Palacio, Diana M ^b   Eltorky, Mahmoud ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Bronchiolitis; Diffuse panbronchiolitis; Hepatitis C virus infection; Idiopathic bronchiolitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRONCHIOLITIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FATALITY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LUNG BIOPSY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BRONCHIOLITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LUNG; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 78349306057     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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