Clinical and computed tomographic features of tracheal bronchus in children

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 646-648

  Wong, Kin Sun ^a,b   Lien, Reyin ^b   Lin, Tzou Yien ^b  

^a Dept Pediat Chang Gung C   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Congenital tracheobronchial stenosis; Tracheal bronchus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRACHEA DISEASE; TRACHEA STENOSIS;

BRONCHI; BRONCHOGRAPHY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEA;

EID: 0032760012     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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