Exacerbation of pneumomediastinum after air travel in a patient with dermatomyositis

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 734-736

  Ye, Qiuyue ^a   Zhang, Lu ^a   Tian, Xinlun ^a   Shi, Juhong ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Air travel; Dermatomyositis; Pneumomediastinum

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE COURSE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; RADIOGRAPHY; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; MIDDLE AGED; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA;

EID: 79959763454     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2951.2011     Document Type: Article

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