Childhood asthma predisposes to spontaneous pneumomediastinum

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 630-631

  Momin, Aziz U ^a   Chung, D A ^a   John, L C H ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIATRIZOATE; INFUSION FLUID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; MALE; NECK PAIN; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ASTHMA; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; PROGNOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4544286969     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2002.001792     Document Type: Article

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