Lung function tests and risk factors for pneumonia in adults with chickenpox

Thorax

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 796-799

  Mohsen, A H ^a   Peck, R J ^b   Mason, Z ^c   Mattock, L ^c   McKendrick, M W ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Radiology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Respiratory Function Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide transfer factor; Chickenpox; Lung function; Varicella pneumonia

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE TRANSFER FACTOR; TRANSFER FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RISK FACTOR; SPIROMETRY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHICKENPOX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0034809603     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.56.10.796     Document Type: Article

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