Paraquat lung – a rare cause of diffuse parenchymal lung disease: Paraquat lung

Paraquat lung – a rare cause of diffuse parenchymal lung disease

Paraquat lung

Authors

  • Mehul Agarwal All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India
  • Manohar Lal Gupta Santokba Durlabhji Memorial hospital, Jaipur, India
  • Kunal Deokar a:1:{s:5:"en_US";s:66:"All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India";}
  • Neha Bharti All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India
  • Priyank Jain All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India

Keywords:

Paraquat, Pulmonary fibrosis, Honeycombing

Abstract

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01-07-2021

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Agarwal M, Gupta ML, Deokar K, Bharti N, Jain P. Paraquat lung – a rare cause of diffuse parenchymal lung disease: Paraquat lung. Acta Biomed. 2021;92(3):e2021270. doi:10.23750/abm.v92i3.10226