Airway dimensions in asthma and COPD in high resolution computed tomography: Can we see the difference?

Respiratory Care

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1335-1342

  Kosciuch, Justyna ^a   Krenke, Rafal ^a   Gorska, Katarzyna ^a   Zukowska, Malgorzata ^a   Maskey Warzechowska, Marta ^a   Chazan, Ryszarda ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Airway remodeling; Airway thickness; Asthma; COPD; High resolution computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY LUMEN DIAMETER; AIRWAY WALL AREA; AIRWAY WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS;

AIRWAY REMODELING; AIRWAY THICKNESS; ASTHMA; COPD; HIGH-RESOLUTION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AIRWAY REMODELING; ASTHMA; BRONCHI; BRONCHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880672112     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: 19433654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4187/respcare.02175     Document Type: Article

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