Bronchodilator response at low lung volumes predicts bronchiolitis obliterans in lung transplant recipients

Chest

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 405-407

  Rajagopalan, Natarajan ^a   Maurer, Janet ^a   Kesten, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome; bronchodilators; diagnosis; lung transplant

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHODILATATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0030044746     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.109.2.405     Document Type: Article

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