Churg-Strauss syndrome: The spectrum of pulmonary CT findings in 17 patients

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 297-300

  Worthy, Sylvia A ^a   Müller, Nestor L ^a   Hansell, David M ^b   Flower, Christopher D R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHODILATATION; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NODULE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; PLEURA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIATION ATTENUATION;

EID: 2642590959     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.170.2.9456932     Document Type: Article

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