Mounier-Kuhn syndrome

Journal of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 145-149

  Simon, Marioara ^a   Vremaroiu, Petrut ^a   Andrei, Fabian ^a  

^a Clinical Hospital of Pneumology Leon Daniello   (Romania)

Author keywords

Bronchography; Bronchoscopy; CT scan; Respiratory tract infection; Tracheobronchomegaly

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATROPHY; BRONCHIECTASIS; CASE REPORT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIVERTICULOSIS; HUMAN; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RADIOGRAPHY; RARE DISEASE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TRACHEOBRONCHOMEGALY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; ATROPHY; BRONCHIECTASIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DIVERTICULUM; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RARE DISEASES; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TRACHEOBRONCHOMEGALY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84905865822     PISSN: 19446586     EISSN: 19488270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/LBR.0000000000000068     Document Type: Article

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