New insight into the assessment of asthma using xenon ventilation computed tomography.

CONCLUSION: The results of this study suggest that xenon ventilation CT can be used as a new method to assess ventilation abnormalities in asthma, and these ventilation abnormalities can be used as novel parameters that reflect the status of asthma control and symptom severity. PMID: 23886225 [PubMed - in process]

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Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - July 28, 2013 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Jung JW, Kwon JW, Kim TW, Lee SH, Kim KM, Kang HR, Park HW, Lee CH, Goo JM, Min KU, Cho SH Tags: Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol Source Type: research