Clinical assessment of patients

European Respiratory Journal, Supplement

Volumn 11, Issue 26, 1998, Pages

  Godard, Ph ^a   Clark, T J H ^a   Busse, W W ^a   Woolcock, A J ^a   Sterk, P ^a   Aubier, M ^a   Pride, N ^a   Postma, D ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHMA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; HOSPITALIZATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ASTHMA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032016925     PISSN: 09041850     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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