Evaluation of emphysema in patients with reversible airway obstruction using high-resolution CT

Chest

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1522-1526

  Mochizuki, Toshio ^a   Kokubu, Fumio ^a   Adachi, Mitsuru ^a   Nakajima, Hiroaki ^a   Kushihashi, Tamio ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asthma; Computed tomography; Emphysema; Pulmonary function tests; Reversible airway obstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031454449     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.112.6.1522     Document Type: Article

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