Treatment of diffuse tracheomalacia secondary to relapsing polychondritis with continuous positive airway pressure

Chest

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1701-1704

  Adliff, Maria ^a   Ngato, Dianne ^a   Keshavjee, Shaf ^a   Brenaman, Scott ^a   Granton, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

CPAP; Relapsing polychondritis; Tracheomalacia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSING POLYCHONDRITIS; SUBGLOTTIC STENOSIS; TRACHEOMALACIA;

EID: 0031439440     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.112.6.1701     Document Type: Article

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