Interstitial lung disease in Malta

Malta Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 11-15

  Gouder, Caroline ^a   Fenech, Manwel ^a   Montefort, Stephen ^a  

^a MATER DEI HOSPITAL   (Malta)

Author keywords

Diagnostic measures; Interstitial lung disease; Mater Dei Hospital; Respiratory physicians

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PRECIPITIN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEST INFECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG ALVEOLITIS; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALTA; MEDICAL RECORD; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

EID: 84874788570     PISSN: 18133339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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