Clinical and radiological features of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs): A pictorial review

Insights into Imaging

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 347-364

  Palmucci, Stefano ^a   Roccasalva, Federica ^a   Puglisi, Silvia ^a   Torrisi, Sebastiano Emanuele ^a   Vindigni, Virginia ^a   Mauro, Letizia Antonella ^a   Ettorre, Giovanni Carlo ^a   Piccoli, Marina ^a   Vancheri, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Classification; Idiopathic interstitial pneumonias; Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis; Lung disease interstitial; Pulmonary Fibrosis; Radiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901589306     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18694101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13244-014-0335-3     Document Type: Review

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