Fibrosing interstitial lung disease: A practical high-resolution computed tomography-based approach to diagnosis and management and a review of the literature

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 141-149

  Hodnett, Philip A ^a,b   Naidich, David P ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis; Connective tissue disease; Fibrosing interstitial lung disease; Nonspecific interstitial pneumonia; Usual interstitial pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FIBROSING INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FIBROSIS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY; BRONCHIECTASIS; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84881157502     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201208-1544CI     Document Type: Review

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