High resolution chest CT in tuberculosis: Evolutive patterns and signs of activity

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 601-607

  Poey, Claude ^a   Verhaegen, François ^b   Giron, Jacques ^c   Lavayssiere, Jacques ^b   Fajadet, Pierre ^c   Duparc, Bernard ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE FORT DE FRANCE   (France)

^b Ctr Hosp Territorial de Noumea   (France)

^c CHU PURPAN   (France)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Lungs, diseases; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

GLASS; PATIENT TREATMENT; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHEST CT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CT-SCAN; GLASS PATTERNS; GROUND GLASS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH RESOLUTION CT; PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030752122     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199707000-00014     Document Type: Article

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