Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia: A case report and national survey

Chest

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1763-1766

  Wubbel, Catherine ^a   Fulmer, Deborah ^b   Sherman, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; BAL; Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia; Transbronchial lung biopsy

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; LEVOFLOXACIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; LUNG BIOPSY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; STEROID THERAPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037540131     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.123.5.1763     Document Type: Article

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