Mounier-Kuhn syndrome: Report of 8 cases of tracheobronchomegaly with associated complications

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-87

  Menon, Balakrishnan ^a   Aggarwal, Bhumika ^a   Iqbal, Azeem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Bronchiectasis; Emphysema; Fibrosis; Mounier Kuhn syndrome; Respiratory tract infections; Tracheobronchomegaly

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIGARETTE SMOKE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BREATHING EXERCISE; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MEGATRACHEA; DEATH; EMPHYSEMA; EXPOSURE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG COMPLICATION; LUNG FIBROSIS; MALE; PNEUMONIA; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; TRACHEOBRONCHOMEGALY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHOGRAPHY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SPIROMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEA; TRACHEOBRONCHOMEGALY;

EID: 37849015576     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e31815d4259     Document Type: Article

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