Correlation of chest radiographic findings with biopsy-proven acute lung rejection

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 178-184

  Kundu, S ^a   Herman, S J ^a,b   Larhs, A ^a   Rappaport, D C ^a   Weisbrod, G L ^a   Maurer, J ^a   Chamberlain, D ^a   Winton, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lung diseases; Lung radiography; Lung transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032970472     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005382-199907000-00004     Document Type: Article

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