Investigation of children with chronic nonspecific cough: Any clinical benefit of bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage?

Allergy and Asthma Proceedings

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 462-467

  Snijders, Deborah ^a,b   Cattarozzi, Andrea ^a,b   Panizzolo, Cristina ^a,b   Zanardo, Vincenzo ^a,b   Guariso, Graziella ^a,b   Calabrese, Fiorella ^a,b   Faggian, Diego ^a,b   Monciotti, Carlamaria ^a,b   Barbato, Angelo ^a,b  

^a University of Padova ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Chronic cough; Fiberoptic bronchoscopy; IL 8; Infection; Neutrophil; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 8;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGHING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERLEUKIN-8; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34548647966     PISSN: 10885412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/aap.2007.28.3019     Document Type: Article

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