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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chronic eosinophilic pneumonia in an 11-year-old boy
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عنوان ژورنال
دوره 27 شماره 4
صفحات 193- 195
تاریخ انتشار 2015-11-30
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