Comparison of computed density and microscopic morphometry in pulmonary emphysema

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 187-192

  Gevenois, Pierre Alain ^a   De Vuyst, Paul ^b   De Maertelaer, Viviane ^b   Zanen, Jacqueline ^b   Jacobovitz, Danièle ^b   Cosio, Manuel G ^b   Yernault, Jean Claude ^b  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030016999     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.154.1.8680679     Document Type: Article

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