A 26-yr-old female with persistent cough

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 712-715

  Baser, Sevin ^a   Fisekci, F E ^a   Ozkurt, S ^a   Kiter, G ^a   Kirac, S ^a   Alper, H ^b  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; NITROGEN; PROTEIN; UREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; EXTRAMEDULLARY HEMATOPOIESIS; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 0141928015     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00003803     Document Type: Article

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