Update on diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis
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Diagnosis of pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis
Radiol Bras. 2015 Set/Out;48(5):IX–X In previous issue of Radiologia Brasileira, readers can find a very interesting article published by Francisco et al. about pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis (PAM). The authors describe the highresolution computed tomography (HRCT) findings in chest exams of 13 patients with PAM, independently evaluated by two observers. According to the authors, diagnoses o...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Respirology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2218-6255
DOI: 10.5320/wjr.v4.i3.26