Diagnosing idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: To biopsy or not to biopsy

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 528-529

  Sharma, Sat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SYMPTOM; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84864872137     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e328356af51     Document Type: Editorial

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