A report of two long-surviving cases of pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis and the response to progesterone therapy

British Journal of Diseases of the Chest

Volumn 79, Issue C, 1985, Pages 400-406

  Sawicka, E H ^a   Morris, A J R ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; PROGESTERONE; TERBUTALINE;

BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; BLOOD GAS; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG THERAPY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; THERAPY;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHANGIOMYOMA; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE 17-ACETATE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0021995859     PISSN: 00070971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0007-0971(85)90077-4     Document Type: Article

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