Pediatric idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis diagnosed by sputum analysis: Plain radiography and computed tomography findings

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-132

  Kocakoc, Ercan ^a   Kiris, Adem ^a   Sen, Yasar ^a   Bozgeyik, Zulkif ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chest radiography; Computed tomography; Hemoptysis; Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HEMOSIDERIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LUNG HEMOSIDEROSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; PREDNISOLONE; SPUTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037235471     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069112     Document Type: Article

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