Values of high-resolution computed tomography and pulmonary function tests in managements of patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 381-384

  Okutan, Oguzhan ^a   Kartaloglu, Zafer ^a   Ilvan, Ahmet ^a   Kutlu, Ali ^b   Bozkanat, Erkan ^a   Silit, Emir ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Gumussuyu Military Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 1142275454     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i3.381     Document Type: Article

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