Recurrent pneumonia in children: A case report and approach to diagnosis

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-22

  Kaplan, Karly A ^a   Beierle, Elizabeth A ^a   Faro, Albert ^a   Eskin, Thomas A ^a   Flotte, Terence R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; ASTHMA; BIOPSY; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LUNG CLEARANCE; PNEUMONIA; RECURRENT DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRONCHIAL NEOPLASMS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARCINOID TUMOR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PNEUMONECTOMY; PNEUMONIA; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33644838509     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280604500103     Document Type: Article

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