An offbeat wheezer

Pediatric Annals

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-101

  Alpern, Elizabeth R ^a,b   Stevens, M W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CAPTOPRIL; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; DIGOXIN; FUROSEMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; MILRINONE; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYOCARDITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; WHEEZING;

EID: 0033954290     PISSN: 00904481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0090-4481-20000201-09     Document Type: Article

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