chronic eosinophilic pneumonia in an 11-year-old boy
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idiopathic chronic eosinophilic pneumonia is a rare and serious disease mostly encountered in female asthmatic patients in their fifth decade of life and rarely in children. herein, we describe an 11-year-old boy presenting with clubbing of fingers and post-exertional cough without asthma and peripheral eosinophilia. he had had a restrictive pattern in his pulmonary function test that showed a dramatic response to corticosteroid therapy.
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iranian journal of medical sciencesجلد ۲۷، شماره ۴، صفحات ۱۹۳-۰
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