Thisarana Wijayaratne1, James Owen2, Ahmed Fahim3

  • 1Respiratory Department, New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, UK.

概括

异常非特异性间歇性肺炎 (NSIP) 影响的男性和老年人比二次性NSIP更多,这通常与结缔组织疾病有关. 然而,在两种NSIP类型之间,临床特征和死亡率并没有显著差异.

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