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(Progress in Respiratory Research. Vol. 36.) Edited by Ulrich Costabel, Roland M. du Bois, and Jim J. Egan. 348 pp., illustrated. Basel, Switzerland, Karger, 2007. $230. ISBN 978-3-8055-8153-0.

The editors of Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease, the latest book in the Progress in Respiratory Research series from Karger, have chosen a title that incorporates the multiple previous designations for interstitial lung disease. From the seminal descriptions by Averill Liebow and Charles Carrington, through the revisions by Anna-Luise Katzenstein and Jeffrey Myers, acronyms and classifications have been an integral part of the history of interstitial lung disease. For example, a PubMed search performed in December 2007 (with the limits "humans" and "English") revealed the following citations for widely used terms: more than 25,000 items for interstitial lung disease, more than . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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