Bronchiectasis: correlation of high-resolution CT findings with health-related quality of life

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 152-159

  Eshed, I ^a   Minski, I ^a   Katz, R ^a   Jones, P W ^b   Priel, I E ^a  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOLOGIST; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846000655     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2006.08.015     Document Type: Article

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