When to suspect and how to diagnose pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis

Respirology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 207-212

  Naalsund, Anne ^a,b   Johansen, Bjorn ^a   Foerster, Arnold ^a   Kolbenstvedt, Alf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Dyspnea; Female; Lung function; Pneumothorax; Progesterone; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PLEURODESIS; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURODESIS; PROGESTERONE CONGENERS; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030223095     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.1996.tb00034.x     Document Type: Article

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