Post-infectious bronchiolitis obliterans in children
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Post-infectious bronchiolitis obliterans in children.
OBJECTIVE To review publications about the main features of post-infectious bronchiolitis obliterans and its history, etiology, epidemiology, risk factors, pathogenesis, histological findings, clinical presentation, complementary tests, diagnostic criteria, differential diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. SOURCES Non-systematic review of MEDLINE and LILACS databases and selection of 66 most r...
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OBJECTIVE: To review the literature on general aspects of bronchiolitis obliterans, with emphasis on childhood postinfectious bronchiolitis obliterans.METHODS: The most important publications on bronchiolitis obliterans were selected, using basically the Medline database (January of 1966 to September of 1999).RESULTS: This review is organized as follows: introduction, general aspects of bronchi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Jornal de Pediatria
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0021-7557
DOI: 10.2223/jped.2083