Detecting early lung disease in cystic fibrosis: Are current techniques sufficient?

Thorax

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1008-1010

  Sly, P D ^a   Brennan, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 8;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOW FREQUENCY FORCED OSCILLATION TECHNIQUE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG MECHANICS; MULTIPLE BREATH INERT GAS WASHOUT TECHNIQUE; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NEWBORN SCREENING; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPIROMETRY;

BREATH TESTS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES;

EID: 9644303188     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2004.025924     Document Type: Editorial

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