Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in the asthma clinic: A prospective evaluation of CT in the diagnostic algoritm

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Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 66-72

  Eaton, Tam ^a   Garrett, Jeffrey ^b   Milne, David ^b   Frankel, Anthony ^b   Wells, Athol U ^b  

^a GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis; Asthma; CT; Skin prick testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0033914818     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.118.1.66     Document Type: Article

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