Airway dimensions and pulmonary function in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchial asthma

Respirology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-86

  Kurashima, Kazuyoshi ^a   Hoshi, Toshiko ^b   Takayanagi, Noboru ^a   Takaku, Yotaro ^a   Kagiyama, Naho ^a   Ohta, Chie ^a   Fujimura, Masaki ^c   Sugita, Yutaka ^a  

^a Saitama Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center   (Japan)

^b Saitama Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

airway luminal area; airway wall; computed tomography; multiplanar reconstruction; small airway

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY LUMINAL AREA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS; BRONCHUS INNER DIAMETER; BRONCHUS WALL THICKNESS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS;

AIRWAY REMODELING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTHMA; BRONCHI; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; SPIROMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84255187060     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2011.02052.x     Document Type: Article

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