High resolution computed tomography of the chest in cystic fibrosis (CF): Is simplification of scoring systems feasible?

European Radiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 538-547

  Oikonomou, Anastasia ^a   Tsanakas, John ^b   Hatziagorou, Elpis ^b   Kirvassilis, Fotios ^b   Efremidis, Stavros ^c   Prassopoulos, Panos ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cystic fibrosis; LungHRCT; Scoring system

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 39049098601     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-007-0810-z     Document Type: Article

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