Persistent spontaneous pneumothorax in an adolescent with Marfan's syndrome and pulmonary bullous dysplasia

Respiration

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 621-624

  Rigante, Donato ^a   Segni, Giuseppe ^a   Bush, Andrew ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Marfan's syndrome; Pulmonary bullous dysplasia; Spontaneous pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTICOAGULATION; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRAIN; DYSPLASIA; DYSPNEA; EVALUATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LENS LUXATION; LUNG BULLA; LUNG COLLAPSE; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADOLESCENT; BLISTER; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; PNEUMOTHORAX;

EID: 0035688890     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000050584     Document Type: Article

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