Pneumoperitoneum recurring concomitantly with asthmatic exacerbation

Internal Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-49

  Sekiya, Kiyoshi ^a,b   Hojyo, Takako ^a   Yamada, Hiroyuki ^a   Toyama, Katsuhiro ^a   Ryo, Hidetomi ^a   Kimura, Kazuhiro ^a   Taniguchi, Masami ^b   Homma, Sakae ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAGAMIHARA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchial asthma; Mediastinal emphysema; Pneumoperitoneum

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; THEOPHYLLINE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON COLD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESPONSE; DYSPNEA; FOLLOW UP; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MITE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WHEEZING;

AGED; ASTHMA; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 38349044239     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.0392     Document Type: Article

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