Diagnostic approach to interstitial pneumonias in a single centre: Report on 88 cases

Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Theegarten, Dirk ^a   Müller, Heike M ^a,b   Bonella, Francesco ^b   Wohlschlaeger, Jeremias ^a   Costabel, Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b RUHRLANDKLINIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GERMANY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAINING;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; IDIOPATHIC INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIAS; IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAINING AND LABELING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84869874862     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17461596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-1596-7-160     Document Type: Article

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