An alternate method of classifying allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis based on high- attenuation mucus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Agarwal, Ritesh ^a   Khan, Ajmal ^a   Gupta, Dheeraj ^a   Aggarwal, Ashutosh N ^a   Saxena, Akshay K ^a   Chakrabarti, Arunaloke ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BRONCHIECTASIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUCUS; PULMONOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ASPERGILLOSIS, ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUCUS; PULMONARY MEDICINE; RECURRENCE; SPIROMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650740724     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015346     Document Type: Article

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