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Ever since Katzenstein and Fiorelli introduced the term nonspecific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) to denote those cases of interstitial pneumonia that cannot be categorized as any of the other types of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIP), there has been continuing debate on whether it is a real clinical entity or not. The American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Symposium task group tried to identify idiopathic NSIP as a separate disease and exclude it from the category of IIP. However, it appears that the clinical presentation of NSIP and usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) are the same.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Internal Medicine, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services MC, Shaheed Bahonar Ave., Darabad, Tehran 19569, P.O: 19575/154, Iran. saeid_ftafti@yahoo.com
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