Thin-section CT evidence of bronchial thickening in children with stable asthma: Bronchoconstriction or airway remodeling?

Academic Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 257-264

  Ketai, Loren ^a   Coutsias, Cecelia ^b   Williamson, Susan ^a   Coutsias, Vageli ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormalities; Asthma; Bronchi; Computed tomography (CT); Thin section

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOSPASM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPIROMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; BRONCHI; BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; CHILD; HUMANS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPIROMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034919224     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1076-6332(03)80535-4     Document Type: Article

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