Bronchiolitis Obliterans in a Survivor of a Chemical Weapons Attack [4]

JAMA

Volumn 290, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 598-599

  Thomason, Jason W W ^a   Rice, Todd W ^a   Milstone, Aaron P ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT; MUSTARD GAS; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; BRONCHIOLITIS; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL WARFARE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; IRAQ; LUNG; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; HUMANS; IRAQ; LUNG; MALE; MUSTARD GAS;

EID: 0042709627     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.290.5.598     Document Type: Letter

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