Pulmonary puzzle an unusual cause of patchy ground-glass opacity

Thorax

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Just, N ^a   Delourme, J ^a   Delattre, C ^b   Liesse, A ^a   Steenhouwer, F ^a  

^a Hopital Victor Provo   (France)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; CYAMEMAZINE; DIAZEPAM; METHADONE; OLANZAPINE; TOBACCO SMOKE; VALPROIC ACID; ZOPICLONE; GLASS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EPILEPSY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ALVEOLAR PHOSPHOLIPOPROTEINOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WHEEZING; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; CANNABIS ADDICTION; DRUG CONTAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; DRUG CONTAMINATION; GLASS; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58349107037     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2008.096875     Document Type: Note

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