Centrilobular nodules correlate with air trapping in diffuse panbronchiolitis during erythromycin therapy

Chest

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 198-202

  Yamada, Gen ^a   Igarashi, Tomofumi ^b   Itoh, Eiji ^a   Tanaka, Hiroshi ^a   Sekine, Kyuichiro ^b   Abe, Shosaku ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Minami ichijo Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air trapping; Centrilobular nodules; CT; Diffuse panbronchiolitis; Pulmonary function test

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG NODULE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUAL VOLUME; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0034880681     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.120.1.198     Document Type: Article

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