Computed tomographic scanning in sarcoidosis

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 393-418

  Lynch III, Joseph P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest radiographs; Computed tomography (CT); Granulomatous inflammation; High resolution thin section CT scans (HRCT); Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; GRANULOMATOSIS; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0041919652     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-42375     Document Type: Review

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