| Literature DB >> 2418565 |
S P Hammar, R H Winterbauer, D Bockus, F Remington, S Friedman.
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Fibrosing alveolitis is a usually chronic pulmonary disease affecting middle-aged men and women and causing progressive dyspnea. This review discusses the nosologic, etiologic, immunopathogenic, histologic, immunohistochemical and ultrastructural features of this condition. A hypothesis is presented suggesting microvascular damage as the primary pathologic change in cases associated with collagen vascular diseases and viral pneumonia.Entities:
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Year: 1985 PMID: 2418565 DOI: 10.3109/01913128509074587
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ultrastruct Pathol ISSN: 0191-3123 Impact factor: 1.094