A man in his early 70s with progressive dyspnea and abnormal fundoscopic examination

Chest

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 178-181

  Bastawrous, Sarah ^a,b   Hirschmann, Jan V ^a,b  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AGED; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; FOREIGN BODY ASPIRATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; NOTE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA THICKENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY TALCOSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETINOPATHY; TALC RETINOPATHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME; WEDGE RESECTION;

AGED; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RETINAL DISEASES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TABLETS; TALC;

EID: 84892648607     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.13-1277     Document Type: Article

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