Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia Among US Military Personnel Deployed in or Near Iraq
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Acute eosinophilic pneumonia among US Military personnel deployed in or near Iraq.
CONTEXT Acute eosinophilic pneumonia (AEP) is a rare disease of unknown etiology characterized by respiratory failure, radiographic infiltrates, and eosinophilic infiltration of the lung. OBJECTIVES To describe a case series of AEP, illustrate the clinical features of this syndrome, and report the results of an epidemiologic investigation. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Epidemiologic inv...
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عنوان ژورنال: JAMA
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0098-7484
DOI: 10.1001/jama.292.24.2997