A 31-year-old man with chronic cough and hemoptysis

Chest

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 721-726

  Boé, Darren M ^a   Schwarz, Marvin I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Eosinophilia; Hemoptysis; Paragonimiasis; Paragonimus; Paragonimus westermani; Parasitic lung diseases; Pulmonary eosinophilia

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL; TRICLABENDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EOSINOPHILIA; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG BIOPSY; MALE; PARAGONIMIASIS; PARAGONIMUS WESTERMANI; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 34548043754     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-0712     Document Type: Article

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