Chronic Eosinophilic Pneumonia: A Case Report

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 959-963

  Phunmanee, Anakapong ^a   Boonsawat, Watchara ^a   Charoensiri, Darunee Jintakanon ^a   Limkunacul, Chuthatip ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Eosinophils; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; LUNG LAVAGE; THAILAND;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BIOPSY; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGH; DYSPNEA; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PREDNISOLONE; PULMONARY EOSINOPHILIA; THAILAND; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034242925     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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