Rapidly progressing case of Mounier-Kuhn syndrome in early childhood

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 353-356

  Hubbard, Melissa ^a   Masters, Brent ^b   Chang, Anne B ^b,c  

^a CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MEGATRACHEA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOBRONCHOMEGALY;

BRONCHI; BRONCHOGRAPHY; BRONCHOSCOPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEOBRONCHOMEGALY;

EID: 0141631806     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.10347     Document Type: Article

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