Higher altitude, bigger bulla
@article{Wu2017HigherAB, title={Higher altitude, bigger bulla}, author={Xianning Wu and Dan Su and Xiao-feng Zhu and M. Xu}, journal={Thorax}, year={2017}, volume={73}, pages={495 - 496} }
A 28-year-old woman presented to the emergency centre of First People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province with a 10-day history of dyspnoea and chest tightness. She had no history of cigarette smoking or drug use and no personal or family history of respiratory diseases. She used to live in Hefei, Anhui Province (with an average altitude of 20 metres). Ten days prior to presentation, she had moved to Kunming, Yunnan Province (a higher altitude area with an average altitude of 1900 metres) to take up… Expand
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