Intervention trials and ventilation distribution in mild cystic fibrosis lung disease: Will it all come out in the wash?

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 757-759

  Hall, G L ^a,b   Stocks, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DORNASE ALFA; PLACEBO;

BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; BREATH TESTS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GASES; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PLACEBOS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; SPIROMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79953686490     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00163310     Document Type: Editorial

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