Longitudinal changes in structural lung abnormalities using MDCT in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with asthma-like features.

BACKGROUND:Some patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have asthma-like features. However, there have been few reports on the structural lung abnormalities found in this patient population. Multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) can detect emphysematous low-attenuation areas (...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rie Anazawa, Naoko Kawata, Yukiko Matsuura, Jun Ikari, Yuji Tada, Masaki Suzuki, Shin Takayanagi, Shin Matsuoka, Shoichiro Matsushita, Koichiro Tatsumi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227141