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CT scan findings of probable usual interstitial pneumonitis have a high predictive value for histologic usual interstitial pneumonitis.
Chest - 1 Feb 2015
Chung Jonathan H, Chawla Ashish, Peljto Anna L, Cool Carlyne D, Groshong Steve D, Talbert Janet L, McKean David F, Brown Kevin K, Fingerlin Tasha E, Schwarz Marvin I, Schwartz David A, Lynch David A
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BACKGROUND: The current usual interstitial pneumonitis (UIP)/idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis CT scan classification system excludes probable UIP as a diagnostic category. We sought to determine the predictive effect of probable UIP on CT scan on histology and the effect of the promoter polymorphism in MUC5B (rs35705950) on histologic and CT scan UIP diagnosis. METHODS: The cohort included 201 subjects with...
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