Diffuse panbronchiolitis complicated with thymoma: A report of 2 cases with literature review

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1723-1727

  Xie, Guangshun ^a   Li, Longyun ^a   Liu, Hongrui ^a   Xu, Kaifeng ^a   Zhu, Yuanjue ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Diffuse panbronchiolitis; Macrolide; Open lung biopsy autopsy; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; DNA; HEMAGGLUTININ; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MACROLIDE; ROXITHROMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SPUTUM CULTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ADULT; BRONCHIOLITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0346266010     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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