Noninvasive investigations for the early detection of chronic airways dysfunction following lung transplantation

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 76-83

  Cook, Richard C ^a   Fradet, Guy ^a   Müller, Nestor L ^b   Worsely, Daniel F ^b   Ostrow, David ^a,b   Levy, Robert D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome; High resolution computed tomography; Lung transplantation; Spirometry; Ventilation perfusion scans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0037987868     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2003/848717     Document Type: Article

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