The potentially lethal nature of bronchial casts: Plastic bronchitis

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 230-232

  Cajaiba, Mariana M ^a   Borralho, Paula ^b   Reyes Múgica, Miguel ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bronchial casts; Cyanotic cardiopathy; Plastic bronchitis; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROUPOUS BRONCHITIS; CYANOTIC HEART DISEASE; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXEMIA; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BRONCHI; BRONCHITIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYANOSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; MUCUS;

EID: 42249102050     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896907307234     Document Type: Article

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