Case 3-2007: A 3-year-old boy with recurrent episodes of respiratory insufficiency

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 356, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 398-407

  Boyer, Debra ^a,b   Westra, Sjirk J ^b,c   Kinane, T Bernard ^c   Stone, James R ^b,c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDESONIDE; LEVALBUTEROL;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ANEMIA; BLEEDING; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; HEMOSIDEROSIS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANEMIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846434067     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc069033     Document Type: Article

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