Thoracic CT illustrating hyperdense bronchial mucous plugging

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 336-338

  Karunaratne, Nishantha ^a   Baraket, Melissa ^a   Lim, Sam ^a   Ridley, Lloyd ^a  

^a Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS MUCUS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LUNG COLLAPSE; OPTICAL DENSITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; ATELECTASIS; BRONCHOGRAPHY; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MUCUS; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ASPERGILLOSIS, ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY; ATELECTASIS; BRONCHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUCUS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0141762664     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1673.2003.01192.x     Document Type: Article

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