Cellular interstitial pneumonitis in children: Response to hydroxychloroquine treatment in two cases

Pediatric Asthma, Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-51

  Nikolaidou, Polyxeni ^a   Charocopos, Eustache ^a   Anagnostopoulos, George ^a   Lazopoulou, Despina ^a   Kairis, Michalis ^b   Lourida, Athanasia ^a   Tzoumakas, Kostas ^a   Tsiligiannis, Theofanis ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b P AND A KYRIAKOU CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c ATHENS NAVAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; PREDNISOLONE; SALBUTAMOL;

ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG RESPONSE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG AUSCULTATION; MALE; ONSET AGE; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SPIROMETRY; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0037211110     PISSN: 08831874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/088318703320910106     Document Type: Article

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