A case of idiopathic constrictive bronchiolitis in a middle-aged male smoker

Respirology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 305-307

  Tsujino, Ichizo ^a   Nishimura, Masaharu ^a   Ohira, Kouji ^a   Yoshimura, Haruhiko ^a   Fukuda, Yuh ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Computed tomography; Diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide; Low attenuation area; Pulmonary emphysema; Small airway disease

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL AIRWAY DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BIOPSY; BRONCHI; BRONCHIOLITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; SMOKING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033797158     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1843.2000.00266.x     Document Type: Article

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