Retrospective analysis of evidence base for tests used in diagnosis and monitoring of disease in respiratory medicine

British Medical Journal

Volumn 327, Issue 7424, 2003, Pages 1136-1138

  Borrill, Z ^a   Houghton, C ^a   Sestini, P ^b   Sullivan, P J ^a  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; THEOPHYLLINE;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; OXIMETRY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0242637045     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.327.7424.1136     Document Type: Article

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