Pulmonary fibrosis in children

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 48 - Trang 99-101 - 1981
Anbu Chetty1, V. P. Choudhry1
1Department of Pediatrics, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

Tóm tắt

The functional integrity of the lung is largely dependant on the connective tissue and capillary structure of the gas exchanging parts. Pulmonary fibrosis as a result of several interstinal diseases have major physiological implications. We report three cases of pulmonary fibrosis in children.

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