Clinical Radiology
Volume 65, Issue 10 , Pages 823-831 , October 2010

The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias: understanding key radiological features

  • S. Dixon
    • ,
  • R. Benamore

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: R. Benamore, Department of Radiology, The Churchill Hospital, Old Road, Oxford OX3 7LJ, UK. Tel.: +44 1865 235746.

Received 10 December 2009 ,Revised 18 March 2010 ,Accepted 22 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2010.03.006

Clinical Radiology
Volume 65, Issue 10 , Pages 823-831 , October 2010

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