Comparison of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome to other forms of chronic lung allograft dysfunction after lung transplantation

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1159-1164

  Woodrow, James P ^a   Shlobin, Oksana A ^b   Barnett, Scott D ^b   Burton, Nelson ^b   Nathan, Steven D ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

bronchiolitis obliterans; bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome; chronic lung allograft dysfunction; chronic rejection; lung transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CHRONIC LUNG GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSTRUCTIVE BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS SYNDROME; PHENOTYPE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESTRICTIVE BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957231624     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2010.05.012     Document Type: Article

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