Symptoms and signs of respiratory disease

Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 119-125

  Leach, Richard M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

breathlessness; chest pain; cough; haemoptysis; respiratory signs; respiratory symptoms; sputum expectoration; stridor; wheeze

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SPUTUM; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; WHEEZING;

EID: 39349110247     PISSN: 13573039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mpmed.2007.12.003     Document Type: Review

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