Left mainstem bronchial narrowing: A vascular compression syndrome? Evaluation by magnetic resonance imaging

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 527-532

  Hungate, Rita G ^a,b   Newman, Beverley ^a   Meza, Manuel P ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DESCENDING AORTA; FEMALE; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; HUMAN; INFANT; LIGATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA BODY;

EID: 0031824779     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002470050404     Document Type: Article

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