Respiratory Medicine
Volume 97, Issue 1 , Pages 80-85 , January 2003

Proliferation of type II pneumocytes in the lung biopsy specimens reflecting alveolar damage

  • T HONDA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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  • H OTA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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  • Y YAMAZAKI

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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  • A YOSHIZAWA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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  • K FUJIMOTO

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
    • ,
  • S SONE

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan

Received 28 December 2001 ,Accepted 4 June 2002.

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☆ Correspondence should be addressed to: Dr Takayuki Honda, MD, PhD, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Asahi 3-1-1, Matsumoto, 390-8621, Japan. Fax: +80 263 34 5316; E-mail: thondat@hsp.md.shinshu-u.ac.jp

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doi: 10.1053/rmed.2002.1408

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 97, Issue 1 , Pages 80-85 , January 2003

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