Article
Value of chest radiography in phenotyping chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
The European respiratory journal - 1 Mar 2008
Miniati M, Monti S, Stolk J, Mirarchi G, Falaschi F, Rabinovich R, Canapini C, Roca J, Rabe K F
Abstract excerpt
The objectives of the present study were to reappraise chest radiography for the diagnosis of emphysema, using computed tomography (CT) as the reference standard, and to establish whether or not chest radiography is useful for phenotyping chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Patients (n = 154) who had undergone posteroanterior and lateral chest radiography and CT for diagnostic purposes were studied. CT...
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