Cough and persistent wheeze in a patient with long-standing asthma

Chest

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 727-731

  Chew, Huck Chin ^a   Low, Su Ying ^a   Eng, Philip ^a   Agasthian, Thirugnanam ^b   Cheah, Foong Koon ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PROTEIN; COLCHICINE; CONGO RED;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG RESECTION; NEODYMIUM LASER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; WHEEZING;

EID: 34548049996     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.06-2810     Document Type: Article

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