Chest radiography and HRCT in the diagnosis of amiodarone-induced pulmonary toxicity;Radiografia del torace e tomografia computerizzata ad alta risoluzione nella diagnosi delle alterazioni polmonari da amiodarone

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 58-62

  Polverosi, Roberta ^a,b   Zanellato, Enrico ^a   Doroldi, Carlo ^a  

^a Ospedale Civile di Montebelluna   (Italy)

^b Ospedale   (Italy)

Author keywords

HRCT; pulmonary amiodarone induced toxicity

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG TOXICITY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029814384     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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