Pneumomediastinum in a 21-year-old female with lupus

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 112-113

  Koczka, Charles P ^a   Otterbeck, Philip ^a   Sharma, Vibhu ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LETTER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 59249091580     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e31818b692e     Document Type: Letter

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