Acute bronchospasm due to exposure to polymethylmethacrylate vapors during percutaneous vertebroplasty

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 543-544

  Kirby, Brian S ^a   Doyle, Azar ^b   Gilula, Louis A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSPASM; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FUME; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037305736     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.180.2.1800543     Document Type: Article

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