Diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocr
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Alexander Gorshtein; David J. Gross; Dganit Barak; Yulia Strenov; Yael Refaeli;
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Article
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2011
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract ## BACKGROUND: Normal adult lungs contain pulmonary neuroendocrine cells (PNECs). PNEC hyperplasia may be either reactive or idiopathic, and the idiopathic type is defined as diffuse idiopathic PNEC hyperplasia (DIPNECH). It is believed that DIPNECH is a neuroendocrine proliferative pr