Lone cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis: A functional-morphologic correlation based on extent of disease on thin-section computed tomography

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1367-1375

  Wells, Athol U ^a   King, Ann D ^b   Rubens, Michael B ^b   Cramer, Derek ^b   Du Bois, Roland M ^b   Hansell, David M ^b  

^a GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

EID: 0031000724     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.155.4.9105081     Document Type: Article

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