Analysis of initial and follow-up CT findings in patients with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis after solid organ transplantation

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1179-1186

  Lim, C ^a   Seo, J B ^a   Park, S Y ^a   Hwang, H J ^a   Lee, H J ^a   Lee, S O ^a   Chae, E J ^a   Do, K H ^a   Song, J W ^a   Kim, M Y ^a   Kim, S H ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MORTALITY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84869088441     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: 1365229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2012.02.018     Document Type: Article

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