Hyperplasia of pulmonary neuroendocrine cells in a case of childhood pulmonary emphysema

Chest

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 553-556

  Alshehri, Mohammed ^a   Cutz, Ernest ^a   Banzhoff, Angelika ^a   Canny, Gerard ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Panacinar emphysema; 1 antitrypsin deficiency

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; STEROID;

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COUGHING; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MALE; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030851504     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.112.2.553     Document Type: Article

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