European Journal of Radiology
Volume 54, Issue 2 , Pages 233-245 , May 2005

Metabolic lung disease: imaging and histopathologic findings

  • Myung Jin Chung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50 Ilwon-Dong, Kangnam-Ku, Seoul 135-710, South Korea
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  • Kyung Soo Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50 Ilwon-Dong, Kangnam-Ku, Seoul 135-710, South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: 82 2 3410 2519; fax: 82 2 3410 2559.
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  • Tomás Franquet

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Hospital de Sant Pau, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona 08025, Spain
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  • Nestor L. Müller

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Center and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V5Z 1M9m
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  • Joungho Han

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 135-710, South Korea
    • ,
  • O Jung Kwon

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul 135-710, South Korea

Received 24 March 2004 ,Revised 2 July 2004 ,Accepted 5 July 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2004.07.003

European Journal of Radiology
Volume 54, Issue 2 , Pages 233-245 , May 2005

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