Nodular ground-glass opacities on thin-section CT: Size change during follow-up and pathological results

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-31

  Hyun, Ju Lee ^a   Jin, Mo Goo ^a,b   Chang, Hyun Lee ^a   Yoo, Chul Gyu ^a   Young, Tae Kim ^a   Im, Jung Gi ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lung neoplasms; Lung neoplasms, diagnosis; Lung, CT; Lung, nodule

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846899417     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2007.8.1.22     Document Type: Article

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