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CASE REPORT

Plastic Bronchitis in a 5-year-old Boy Causing Asystoly and Fatal Outcome

, M.D., , M.D., , M.D., Ph.D., , M.D., , M.D., Ph.D. & , M.D., Ph.D.
Pages 586-590 | Published online: 09 Sep 2009

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