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Radiological versus histological diagnosis in UIP and NSIP: survival implications

Thorax · 2003 · Vol. 58(2) · pp. 143–148
Kevin Flaherty

Abstract

Patients with a typical HRCT appearance of UIP experience the highest mortality. A surgical lung biopsy is indicated for patients without an HRCT appearance of UIP to differentiate between histological UIP and NSIP.

Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisPneumonia and Respiratory InfectionsInhalation and Respiratory Drug DeliveryMedicineUsual interstitial pneumoniaRadiologyHigh-resolution computed tomographyPneumoniaIdiopathic interstitial pneumoniaInternal medicineIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisLungComputed tomography

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AlgorithmsAnalysis of VarianceBiopsyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRegression AnalysisRisk FactorsTomography, X-Ray ComputedVital CapacityCohort StudiesSurvival AnalysisLung Diseases, Interstitial
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