"Nonobstructive" emphysema of the lung

Respiratory Medicine Extra

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 189-191

  Corsico, Angelo G ^a   Niniano, Rosanna ^a   Gatto, Elena ^a   Zoia, Maria C ^a   Corsico, Andrea ^b   Cremaschi, Paolo ^a   Pozzi, Ernesto ^a   Cerveri, Isa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airflow obstruction; Emphysema; Pulmonary hypertension; Smoking; Vascular remodelling

Indexed keywords

BOSENTAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DYSPNEA; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG PRESSURE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 36248960599     PISSN: 17449049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmedx.2007.09.011     Document Type: Article

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