Improvement of survival in patients with diffuse panbronchiolitis treated with low-dose erythromycin

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 6 PART I, 1998, Pages 1829-1832

  Kudoh, Shoji ^b   Azuma, Arata ^a   Yamamoto, Masahiko ^b   Izumi, Takateru ^b   Ando, Masayuki ^b  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; HEMAGGLUTININ;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHIOLITIS; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031807730     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.157.6.9710075     Document Type: Article

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