Successful Therapy with intravenous gamma globulin in two children with postinfectious bronchiolitis obliterans

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Submitted: May 26, 2017
Published: Jun 23, 2017
DOI: 10.29328/journal.jprr.1001003

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Sevgi Pekcan
Necmettin Erbakan University Meram Faculty, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Konya, Turkey
Bahar Gökturk
Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Konya, Turkey
Ismail Reisli
Necmettin Erbakan University Meram Faculty, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Konya, Turkey

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Pekcan, S., Gökturk, B., & Reisli, I. (2017). Successful Therapy with intravenous gamma globulin in two children with postinfectious bronchiolitis obliterans. Journal of Pulmonology and Respiratory Research, 1(1), 009–012. https://doi.org/10.29328/journal.jprr.1001003
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