Clinical Analysis of Bronchiectasis in Taiwanese Children

Chang Gung Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 122-128

  Lai, Shen Hao ^a   Wong, Kin Sun ^a   Liao, Sui Ling ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Hung Chi Women and Children's Hosp ^*  (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bronchiectasis; Children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEMOPTYSIS; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUNG LOBE; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SINUSITIS; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TAIWAN; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 1842663056     PISSN: 02558270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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