Laryngeal stridor and myocardial infarction in a renal transplant recipient

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 70-71

  Varma, Prem P ^a   Hooda, Ashok K ^a   Badwal, Sonia ^a  

^a ARMY HOSPITAL RESEARCH AND REFERRAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART; HEART INFARCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTESTINE INFECTION; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MORTALITY; MUCORMYCOSIS; STRIDOR;

ADULT; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 69249185695     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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