Bronchial anthracostenosis with mediastinal fibrosis associated with long-term wood-smoke exposure

Respirology

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1060-1063

  Boonsarngsuk, Viboon ^a   Suwatanapongched, Thitiporn ^a   Rochanawutanon, Mana ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Anthracofibrosis; Anthracostenosis; Mediastinal fibrosis; Pneumoconiosis; Wood smoke

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE; TAMOXIFEN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BRONCHODILATATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS ANTHRACOSTENOSIS; BRONCHUS STENOSIS; CASE REPORT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG FIBROSIS; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MEDIASTINUM FIBROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; WOOD;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; ANTHRACOSIS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MEDIASTINUM; SMOKE; SMOKE INHALATION INJURY; TAMOXIFEN; WOOD;

EID: 70049099305     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2009.01604.x     Document Type: Article

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