Exercise testing in pediatric lung transplant candidates with cystic fibrosis

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 294-299

  Radtke, Thomas ^a,b   Faro, Albert ^c   Wong, Jackson ^d   Boehler, Annette ^e   Benden, Christian ^e  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

children; cystic fibrosis; lung transplantation; pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHILD; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EUROPE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK;

EID: 79955031857     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2010.01471.x     Document Type: Article

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