Sun rays diaphragm: An ultrasonographic sign of interstitial involvement in the base of the lung;Diafragma en rayos de sol: Signo ecográfico de afectación intersticial de la base pulmonar

Radiologia

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 141-145

  Serrano Ramos, F ^a   Serrano Puche, Félix ^a,b   Molinero Casares, M M ^a   Gomez Pardal A ^a   Alvarez Bustos G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diaphragm; Interstitial lung disease; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; MALE; PULMONARY VALVE ATRESIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 44349183667     PISSN: 00338338     EISSN: 15781771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-8338(08)71947-7     Document Type: Article

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