| Liebow, Averill | <person> Austrian-U.S. Pulmonary pathologist, 1911-1978. See: usual interstitial pneumonia of Liebow. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| usual interstitial pneumonia of Liebow | A progressive inflammatory condition starting with diffuse alveolar damage and resulting in fibrosis and honeycombing over a variable time period; also a common feature of collagen-vascular diseases. Synonym: fibrosing alveolitis, Hamman-Rich syndrome, idiopathic interstitial fibrosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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