Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia as a Reversible Cause of Noninfectious Respiratory Failure

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 321, Issue 9, 1989, Pages 569-574

  Allen, James N ^a   Pacht, Eric R ^a   Gadek, James E ^a   Davis, W Bruce ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ERYTHROMYCIN; HYDROCORTISONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

EID: 0024386671     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198908313210903     Document Type: Article

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