How to assess the severity of bronchiectasis

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1217-1219

  Saleh, Aarash D ^a   Hurst, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHIECTASIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BODY MASS; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; PULMONOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARDS;

AREA UNDER CURVE; BODY MASS INDEX; BRONCHIECTASIS; COHORT STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY MEDICINE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84899839471     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00226913     Document Type: Editorial

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