Difference between revisions of "Diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia"

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 ==General==
-*Rare.
+*Rare - less than 50 reported based on a 2010 paper.<ref name=pmid22798306>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Tippett | first1 = VM. | last2 = Wathen | first2 = CG. | title = Diffuse idiopathic neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia: an unusual cause of breathlessness and pulmonary nodules. | journal = BMJ Case Rep | volume = 2010 | issue =  | pages =  | month =  | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1136/bcr.05.2010.3006 | PMID = 22798306 }}</ref>
 *Usually women (15 of 19 cases<ref name=pmid17099078>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Davies | first1 = SJ. | last2 = Gosney | first2 = JR. | last3 = Hansell | first3 = DM. | last4 = Wells | first4 = AU. | last5 = du Bois | first5 = RM. | last6 = Burke | first6 = MM. | last7 = Sheppard | first7 = MN. | last8 = Nicholson | first8 = AG. | title = Diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia: an under-recognised spectrum of disease. | journal = Thorax | volume = 62 | issue = 3 | pages = 248-52 | month = Mar | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1136/thx.2006.063065 | PMID = 17099078 }}</ref>).
 *Typically non-smokers (16 of 19 cases<ref name=pmid17099078/>).