Lung densitometry to assess progression of emphysema in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Time to apply in the clinic?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 183, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1578-1580

  Stolk, Jan ^a   Stoel, Berend C ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS; DENSITOMETRY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; GAS DIFFUSION; HUMAN; LUNG DENSITOMETRY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VOLUME; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIROMETRY;

DENSITOMETRY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMPHYSEMA; HUMANS; LUNG; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 80051564853     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201104-0615ED     Document Type: Editorial

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