Routine ventilation scans in children with cystic fibrosis: Diagnostic usefulness and prognostic value

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1313-1318

  Jaffé, Adam ^a   Hamutcu, Refika ^a   Dhawan, Ranju T ^a   Adler, Beryl ^a   Rosenthal, Mark ^a   Bush, Andrew ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical management; Cystic fibrosis; Prognosis; Ventilation scan

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; KRYPTON 81M; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; INFANT; KRYPTON RADIOISOTOPES; LUNG; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTILATION-PERFUSION RATIO; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0034886004     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002590100573     Document Type: Article

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