A 7 month old presenting with respiratory distress

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 326-329

  Chakraborty, S ^a   Sridhar, A V ^a   Rao, K N ^a   Shannon, R ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; PREDNISOLONE; SALBUTAMOL; VINBLASTINE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; LUNG BIOPSY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; PREDNISOLONE; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VINBLASTINE;

EID: 4344714101     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.04.00103303     Document Type: Article

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