Correlation between airflow limitation and airway dimensions assessed by multidetector CT in asthma

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 794-800

  Hoshino, Makoto ^a,b   Matsuoka, Shin ^b,c   Handa, Hiroshi ^b   Miyazawa, Teruomi ^b   Yagihashi, Kunihiro ^b  

^a International University of Health and Welfare   (Japan)

^b ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Airflow limitation; Airway luminal area; Airway wall area; Asthma; Multidetector row computed tomography

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LONG ACTING DRUG; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY SURFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; BRONCHUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ASTHMA; BODY SURFACE AREA; BRONCHI; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77952292619     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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