Outbreak of bronchiolitis obliterans associated with consumption of Sauropus androgynus in Taiwan

Lancet

Volumn 348, Issue 9020, 1996, Pages 83-85

  Lai, Ruay Sheng ^a   Chiang, Ambrose A ^a   Wu, Ming Ting ^a   Wang, Jyh Seng ^a   Lai, Nin Sheng ^b   Lu, Jau Yeong ^a   Ger, Luo Ping ^a   Roggli, Victor ^c  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PREDNISOLONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SYMPTOM; T LYMPHOCYTE; TAIWAN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0030582183     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)00450-3     Document Type: Article

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