Recurrent lower respiratory tract infections in a 14-year-old boy with tracheobronchomegaly (Mounier-Kuhn syndrome)

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 476-479

  Benesch, Martin ^a,b   Eber, E ^a   Pfleger, A ^a   Zach, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Univ Klinik fur Kinder Jugendheil   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Children; Lower respiratory tract infections; Mounier Kuhn syndrome; Tracheobronchomegaly

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CILIARY MOTILITY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYNDROME; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE;

ADOLESCENT; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; HUMANS; LIP; MALE; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TRACHEOBRONCHOMEGALY;

EID: 0034083997     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(200006)29:6<476::AID-PPUL10>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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