Evidence of airway obstruction in children with idiopathic scoliosis

Chest

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1532-1535

  Boyer, Joseph ^a   Amin, Nikhil ^a   Taddonio, Rudolph ^a   Dozor, Allen J ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

gas trapping; helium dilution; idiopathic scoliosis; obstructive airway disease; restrictive airway disease; spirometry; total body plethysmography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHODILATATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; LUNG CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0029974865     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.109.6.1532     Document Type: Article

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