Acute eosinophilic pneumonia with respiratory failure: A case likely triggered by cigarette smoking

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 58-61

  Grossi, Enzo ^a   Poletti, G ^a   Poletti, V ^b  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLE CROCI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b MORGAGNI PIERANTONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute eosinophilic pneumonia (AEP); Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) eosinophilia; Eosinophilic lung diseases; Non cardiogenic pulmonary edema

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; LUNG LAVAGE; PATHOGENESIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 4444253025     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: 2465101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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