Prognostic significance of fibroblastic foci in usual interstitial pneumonia and non-specific interstitial pneumonia

Respirology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 278-283

  Harada, Taishi ^a   Watanabe, Kentaro ^a   Nabeshima, Kazuki ^a   Hamasaki, Makoto ^a   Iwasaki, Hiroshi ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

fibroblastic focus; non specific interstitial pneumonia; pulmonary function; usual interstitial pneumonia

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELL; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTIC FOCI; FIBROTIC NON SPECIFIC INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; VITAL CAPACITY;

AGED; BIOPSY; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY DIFFUSING CAPACITY; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84872909835     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2012.02272.x     Document Type: Article

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