A 27-year-old woman with a swollen uvula, chest pain, and elevated creatinine phosphokinase levels

Chest

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 809-811

  Kinsey, C Matthew ^a   Howell, Michael ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

ADULT; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; OBESITY; PALATE; PALATE DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINORRHEA; SWELLING; THORAX PAIN; TONGUE; TONGUE SWELLING;

EID: 40549138147     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-1624     Document Type: Article

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