Pulmonary function tests and CT scan in the management of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 431-436

  Xaubet, Antoni ^a,b   Agustí, Carles ^a   Luburich, Patricio ^a   Roca, Josep ^a   Montón, Concepción ^a   Ayuso, María Carmen ^a   Barberá, Joan Albert ^a   Rodriguez Roisin, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0031821681     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.158.2.9709008     Document Type: Article

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