Patient evaluation

Diffuse Lung Disease: A Practical Approach: Second Edition

Volumn 9781441997715, Issue , 2012, Pages 3-16

  Meyer, Keith C ^a   Raghu, Ganesh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; HRCT; Idiopathic interstitial pneumonia; Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; Interstitial lung disease; Lung biopsy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948949142     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-9771-5_1     Document Type: Chapter

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