Distorted trachea in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Respiration

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 638-644

  Muro, Shigeo ^a   Nakano, Yasutaka ^a   Sakai, Hiroaki ^b   Takubo, Yasutaka ^b   Oku, Yoshitaka ^b   Chin, Kazuo ^a   Nishimura, Koichi ^a   Hirai, Toyohiro ^c   Kawakami, Kenzo ^c   Nakamura, Takashi ^a   Mishima, Michiaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Shiga Adult Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airflow limitation; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; High resolution computed tomography; Hyperinflation; Tracheal index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TRACHEA DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEA;

EID: 17744376943     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000056293     Document Type: Article

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