Cystic fibrosis: When should high-resolution computed tomography of the chest be obtained?

Pediatrics

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 908-913

  Santamaria, Francesca ^a   Grillo, Giacomo ^a   Guidi, Guido ^a   Rotondo, Antonio ^b   Raia, Valeria ^a   De Ritis, Giorgio ^a   Sarnelli, Paola ^a   Caterino, Marinella ^a   Greco, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cystic fibrosis; High resolution computed tomography; Lung disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031949095     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.101.5.908     Document Type: Article

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