The language of medically unexplained dyspnea

Chest

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 961-968

  Han, Jiangna ^a   Zhu, Yuanjue ^a   Li, Shunwei ^a   Zhang, Jian ^b   Cheng, Xiansheng ^b   Van Den Bergh, Omer ^c   Van De Woestijne, Karel P ^d  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Descriptors of breathlessness; Diagnosis; Dyspnea; Factor analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; WHEEZING;

EID: 42149098710     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-2179     Document Type: Article

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