Detection of emphysema progression in alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency using CT densitometry; Methodological advances

Respiratory Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Parr, David G ^a   Sevenoaks, Martin ^b   Deng, ChunQin ^c   Stoel, Berend C ^d   Stockley, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Talecris Biotherapeutics Inc   (United States)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EMPHYSEMA; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LUNG; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMPHYSEMA; HUMANS; LUNG; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 42949110370     PISSN: 14659921     EISSN: 1465993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-9-21     Document Type: Article

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