Plastic bronchitis and the role of bronchoscopy in the acute chest syndrome of sickle cell disease

Chest

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 608-613

  Moser, Chuanpit ^a,b   Nussbaum, Eliezer ^a,b   Cooper, Dan M ^a,b  

^a LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute chest syndrome; Bronchial cast; Bronchoscopy; Plastic bronchitis; Pneumonia; Sickle cell

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; THORAX DISEASE;

EID: 0034827558     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.120.2.608     Document Type: Article

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