Amiodarone induced pulmonary toxicity

Journal Belge de Radiologie

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-10

  Verswijvel, G ^a   Franssens, Y ^a   Deraemaeker, L ^a   Leyssens, G ^a   Govaerts, E ^a   Theunissen, Ph ^a  

^a AZ St Dimpna ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amiodarone Drugs; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LUNG DISEASES; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PLEURAL DISEASES; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PULMONARY DIFFUSING CAPACITY; SPLEEN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031932417     PISSN: 00217646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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