Comparison of imaging techniques in the diagnosis of bridging bronchus

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1125-1131

  Baden, W ^a   Schaefer, J ^a   Kumpf, M ^a   Tzaribachev, N ^a   Pantalitschka, T ^a   Koitschev, A ^a   Ziemer, G ^a   Fuchs, J ^a   Hofbeck, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bridging bronchus; Bronchial arborisation disorder; Congenital heart disease; Pulmonary sling; Supernumerary bronchus

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRIDGING BRONCHUS; BRONCHOGRAPHY; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BRONCHUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; BRONCHI; BRONCHOGRAPHY; BRONCHOSCOPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 47049101010     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00045907     Document Type: Article

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