Tracheobronchial amyloidosis: A surgical disease with long-term consequences

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 789-792

  Dahl, Kevin A ^a   Kernstine, Kemp H ^a,b   Vannatta, Timothy L ^a   Karwal, Mark W ^a   Thomas, Karl W ^a   Schraith, Daniel F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

15

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; FLUTICASONE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; PREDNISOLONE; SALBUTAMOL; SALMETEROL;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; FAILURE TO THRIVE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MALAISE; MALE; MYALGIA; PNEUMONIA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMYLOIDOSIS; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; TRACHEA; TRACHEAL DISEASES;

EID: 6344226486     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.03.036     Document Type: Article

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