Mediastinal lymph nodes demonstrated by mediastinal sonography: Activity marker in patients with cystic fibrosis

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-14

  Dietrich, Christoph F ^a   Chichakli, Maruan ^a   Bargon, Joachim ^a   Wehrmann, Till ^a   Wiewrodt, Rainer ^a   Buhl, Roland ^a   Caspary, Wolfgang F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cystic fibrosis; Lymph nodes; Mediastinal lymphadenopathy; Mediastinum; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032888947     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199901)27:1<9::AID-JCU2>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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