HOOKAH SMOKING AS PRESUMED CAUSE OF IDIOPATHIC ACUTE EOSINOPHILIC PNEUMONIA
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Idiopathic acute eosinophilic pneumonia.
Idiopathic acute eosinophilic pneumonia (IAEP) is a rare disease but of clinical importance because of its good prognosis if treated promptly and appropriately. The etiology remains unknown and the temporal relationship between IAEP and a history of resent onset of cigarette smoking has been described. We report a typical case of a 21-year-old male with recent onset of smoking, who presented wi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Chest
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0012-3692
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2019.08.2042