A case of endobronchial aspergillosis completely obstructing lobar bronchus

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 311-314

  Park, Byong Jo ^a   Kim, Young Ki ^a   Kim, Hansoo ^a   Kim, Yeehyung ^a   Lee, Hyang Le ^a   Kang, Hong Mo ^a,b   Choi, Cheon Woong ^a   Yoo, Jee Hong ^a   Park, Myong Jae ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b NONE   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Collapse; Endobronchial aspergillosis; Obstructive mass

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG CANCER;

EID: 26944500845     PISSN: 17383536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4046/trd.2005.59.3.311     Document Type: Article

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