Laying the ground for research of interstitial lung disease in our country: ILD India registry

Lung India

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 320-322

  Singh, Virendra ^a   Sharma, Bharat ^b  

^a Asthma Bhawan   (India)

^b SMS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REGISTER; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

EID: 84908481788     PISSN: 09702113     EISSN: 0974598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-2113.142091     Document Type: Editorial

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