Interstitial lung diseases in Saudi Arabia: A single-center study

Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-37

  Alhamad, Esam H ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Connective tissue disease; epidemiology; hypersensitivity pneumonitis; idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; interstitial lung disease; lung dominant; sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND GUIDED FINE NEEDLE BIOPSY; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SAUDI ARABIA; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL LUNG BIOPSY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

EID: 84872859027     PISSN: 18171737     EISSN: 19983557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.105717     Document Type: Article

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