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Nonspecific interstitial pneumonia and usual interstitial pneumonia with mutation in surfactant protein C in familial pulmonary fibrosis.
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc - 1 Aug 2004
Chibbar Rajni, Shih Francis, Baga Monica, Torlakovic Emina, Ramlall Kumar, Skomro Robert, Cockcroft Donald W, Lemire Edmond G
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Nonspecific interstitial pneumonia, a recently described form of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia, is characterized by uniform involvement of the alveolar septae with interstitial inflammation and variable amounts of fibrosis. Histological observations differentiate nonspecific interstitial pneumonia from usual interstitial pneumonia and clinically, patients with a nonspecific interstitial pneumonia pattern show...
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