Unusual cause of respiratory distress misdiagnosed as refractory asthma

Annals of Thoracic Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-30

  Al Otair, Hadil ^a   BaHammam, Ahmed ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Asthma; Flow volume loop; Subglottic stenosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747735515     PISSN: 18171737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.25868     Document Type: Article

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