Fatal bilateral pneumothoraces complicating dyskeratosis congenita: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Boueiz, Adel ^a   Abougergi, Marwan S ^a   Noujeim, Carlos ^b   Assaf, Edmond Bou ^c   Jamaleddine, Ghassan ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW HYPOPLASIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSKERATOSIS CONGENITA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LEUKOPLAKIA; PANCYTOPENIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 72249096269     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-3-6622     Document Type: Article

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