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PULMONARY FIBROSIS
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Descriptor
English
:
Pulmonary Fibrosis
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Fibrosis Pulmonar
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Fibrose Pulmonar
Synonyms
English
:
Alveolitis, Fibrosing
Hamman-Rich Syndrome
Tree Number:
C08.381.765
Definition
English
:
A process in which normal lung
tissues
are progressively replaced by
FIBROBLASTS
and
COLLAGEN
causing an irreversible loss of the ability to transfer
oxygen
into the bloodstream via
PULMONARY ALVEOLI
.
Patients
show progressive
DYSPNEA
finally resulting in death.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
usually chronic so do not coordinate with
CHRONIC DISEASE
;
IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS
is also available; DF: PULM
FIBROSIS
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
US
ultrasonography
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
12095
Unique Identifier:
D011658
Occurrence in VHL
:
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