Radiological and clinical findings of pulmonary aspergillosis following solid organ transplant

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 673-680

  Park, Y S ^a   Seo, J B ^a   Lee, Y K ^b   Do, K H ^a   Lee, J S ^a   Song, J W ^a   Song, K S ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Pocheon Jungmoon College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPERGILLOSIS; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 42749085394     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.12.009     Document Type: Article

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