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Bronchiolitis Obliterans in a Child with HIV Infection

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Bronchiolitis obliterans, with or without organizing pneumonia, represents an uncommon response of the lung to several insults, that results in chronic obstructive lung disease. We report an 11-year-old child with bronchiolitis obliterans in association with HIV infection.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Dr. M.V. Kulkarni, Acting Dean of our institution for permitting us to publish this manuscript. We would also like to thank Dr. M.V. Manglani and the staff of the Pediatric ART Centre for their help in the management of this patient.

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AM, review of literature, drafting of the article and management of the patient; DD, management of the patient and drafting of the article; PS, the draft critically for important intellectual content and for the final approval of the version to be submitted.

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  1. Departments of Pediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College & General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, 400022, India

    Anupama Mauskar, Preeti Shanbag & Deepak Dadge

  2. 801, Yashowan, T.H.Kataria Marg, Mahim, Mumbai, 400016, India

    Preeti Shanbag

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Mauskar, A., Shanbag, P. & Dadge, D. Bronchiolitis Obliterans in a Child with HIV Infection. Indian J Pediatr 78, 112–114 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-010-0231-x

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