title: [Severe acute respiratory syndrome].
abstract: Severe acute respiratory syndrome(SARS), caused by SARS-  associated coronavirus(SCV), is the first severe infectious disease in this century. SARS is pathologically characterized by interstitial exudative inflammation of lung with the formation of hyaline membrane in acute phase. Haemorrhagic inflammation exists in extrapulmonary organs. Clinical diagnosis is a dynamic process and includes the suspected case, probable case and definite case. Diagnostic standard of SARS will be revised with further understanding of the disease. Chinese term of SARS has been recommended in the paper.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, College of Medical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310031, China.
authors.forename: Mao-de
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: Yi-min
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Xue-mei
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Gu
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009626:Terminology as Topic