Case 14-2015: A 58-year-old woman with shortness of breath

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 372, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 1749-1758

  Shea, Barry S ^a,b   Sharma, Amita ^a,b   Mark, Eugene J ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; FLUTICASONE; SALBUTAMOL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG RESPONSE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC PLEUROPARENCHYMAL FIBROELASTOSIS; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; JOGGING; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG NODULE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MYOPATHY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PLEURA THICKENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATIN INDUCED MYOPATHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULITIS; WHEEZING; COMPLICATION; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; PATHOLOGY; PLEURA; RADIOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84928729594     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1415200     Document Type: Article

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