Paediatric bronchiectasis in Europe: what now and where next?

Paediatric Respiratory Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 268-274

  Fall, Andrew ^a   Spencer, David ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bronchiectasis; children; diagnosis; epidemiology; therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHODILATATION; CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EUROPE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARENT COUNSELING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

BRONCHIECTASIS; CHILD; EUROPE; HUMANS;

EID: 33750623441     PISSN: 15260542     EISSN: 15260550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prrv.2006.05.003     Document Type: Review

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