Lymphangiomatosis: A case report

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 669-671

  Tran, Dan ^b   Fallat, Mary E ^b   Buchino, John J ^a  

^a KOSAIR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; SOMATOSTATIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHANGIOMATOSIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RARE DISEASE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHANGIOMA; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 20544465421     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000145308.72031.3E     Document Type: Article

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