Role of flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy in the diagnosis of tracheobronchial foreign bodies in children

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 386-389

  Singh, Meenu ^a   Rao, K L N ^a   Kumar, Lata ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS; CHILD; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FIBER OPTICS; FOREIGN BODY; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRACHEA;

AGE FACTORS; BRONCHI; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FIBER OPTICS; FOREIGN BODIES; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; INFANT; PNEUMOTHORAX; TRACHEA;

EID: 0033106756     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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