Relapsing polychondritis and airway involvement

Chest

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1024-1030

  Ernst, Armin ^a,c   Rafeq, Samaan ^a   Boiselle, Phillip ^a   Sung, Arthur ^a   Reddy, Chakravarthy ^a   Michaud, Gaetane ^a   Majid, Adnan ^a   Herth, Felix J F ^b   Trentham, David ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Departments of Thoraxklinik   (Germany)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Bronchoscopy; Relapsing polychondritis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BRONCHOMALACIA; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS STENOSIS; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSING POLYCHONDRITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STENT; SUBGLOTTIC STENOSIS; SYMPTOM; TRACHEOTOMY; LARYNX STENOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TRACHEOMALACIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGOSTENOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCHONDRITIS, RELAPSING; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TRACHEOMALACIA;

EID: 64749101346     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.08-1180     Document Type: Article

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