Serial Changes in CT Findings of Small Peripheral Pulmonary Adenocarcinomas Followed up for More than One Year

Japanese Journal of Lung Cancer

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-28

  Awai, Kazuo ^a   Ito, Katushide ^a   Fujikawa, Koichi ^b   Nakamura, Susumu ^c   Yamane, Kosuke ^d   Nishisaka, Takashi ^a   Takeshima, Yukio ^a   Tachiyama, Yoshiro ^e  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JA HIROSHIMA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Central Clinic   (Japan)

^d Yoshijima Hospital   (Japan)

^e HIROSHIMA CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; CT; Peripheral lung cancer

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010233733     PISSN: 03869628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2482/haigan.38.19     Document Type: Article

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