Septic pulmonary embolism due to periodontal disease in a patient with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia

Respiration

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 117-119

  Russi, Erich W ^a   Dazzi, Heidi ^a   Göumann, Niklaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Emboli; Fever of unknown origin; Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia; Periodontal disease; Septic pulmonary

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; FEVER; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENDU OSLER WEBER DISEASE; SEPSIS;

ABSCESS; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TELANGIECTASIA, HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 0029984333     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000196529     Document Type: Article

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