Comparison of a new, modified lung ultrasonography technique with high-resolution CT in the diagnosis of the alveolo-interstitial syndrome of systemic scleroderma

Medical Ultrasonography

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27-31

  Mohammadi, Afshin ^a   Oshnoei, Sima ^a   Ghasemi Rad, Mohammad ^b  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Csystemic sclerosis; High resolution CT; Ultrasonography; Warrick score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALVEOLO INTERSTITIAL SYNDROME; ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPH; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TRANS THORACIC ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84896706289     PISSN: 18444172     EISSN: 20668643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11152/mu.2014.2066.161.am1so2     Document Type: Article

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