Respiratory Medicine
Volume 101, Issue 10 , Pages 2221-2223 , October 2007

Idiopathic hemoptysis in pregnant women: A distinct entity?

  • Elsa Peyrat

      Affiliations

    • Service de Pneumologie, CHU Larrey, Toulouse, France
    • ,
  • Valérie Chabbert

      Affiliations

    • Service de Radiologie, CHU Larrey, Toulouse, France
    • ,
  • Roger Escamilla

      Affiliations

    • Service de Pneumologie, CHU Larrey, Toulouse, France
    • ,
  • Julien Saada

      Affiliations

    • Service de Gynécologie et d’Obstétrique, CHU Purpan, Toulouse, France
    • ,
  • Bruno Degano

      Affiliations

    • Service de Pneumologie, CHU Larrey, Toulouse, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +33567771740; fax: +33567771476.

Received 2 May 2007 ,Accepted 29 May 2007.

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PII: S0954-6111(07)00234-X

doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2007.05.022

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 101, Issue 10 , Pages 2221-2223 , October 2007

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