Bronchiolitis obliterans with organising pneumonia: outcome.
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Bronchiolitis obliterans with organising pneumonia: outcome.
Bronchiolitis obliterans with organising pneumonia (BOOP) is a distinct clinical pathologic syndrome. Most patients experience a good response to therapy, and death from progressive BOOP is uncommon. This report describes the clinical features, etiologic factors, pathologic findings, and outcome of 10 patients with rapidly progressive BOOP that was characterised by severe respiratory failure. T...
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عنوان ژورنال: Thorax
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0040-6376
DOI: 10.1136/thx.50.suppl_1.s59