Bridging bronchus - a rare cause of recurrent wheezy bronchitis

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Schnabel, Anja ^a,b   Glutig, Katja ^a,b   Vogelberg, Christian ^a,b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airway malformation; Bronchial branching anomaly; Congenital airway anomalies

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRIDGING BRONCHUS; BRONCHIOLITIS; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUCOLYSIS; NEWBORN; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY TRACT MALFORMATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRACHEA STENOSIS; WHEEZING;

BRONCHI; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84864213076     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-110     Document Type: Article

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