Small airways obstruction syndrome in clinical practice

Respirology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 393-398

  Chen, Chiung Zuei ^b   Lin, Chien Chung ^b   Lee, Cheng Hung ^b   Chang, Han Yu ^b   Hsiue, Tzuen Ren ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air trapping; Interstitial lung disease; Small airways disease; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREATHING DISORDER; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL AIRWAYS OBSTRUCTION SYNDROME; THORAX DEFORMITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 63849235824     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2009.01481.x     Document Type: Article

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