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Not all that Wheezes is Asthma or Foreign Body Aspiration: Endobrochial Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor

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EC: Evaluated the patient, performed flexible bronchoscopy, and prepared the manuscript; FBC and DB: Participated in the sequence alignment and drafted the manuscript; AHG: Evaluated the patient and helped to draft the manuscript; OS: Performed rigid bronchoscopy and removed the endobronchial mass. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. EC will act as a guarantor for this paper.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, 34093, Turkey

    Erkan Cakir

  2. Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Fatma Betul Cakir

  3. Department of Pediatrics, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey

    Dilek Bingol

  4. Department of Pediatrics, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Ahmet Hakan Gedik

  5. Department of Chest Surgery, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Omer Soysal

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Cakir, E., Cakir, F.B., Bingol, D. et al. Not all that Wheezes is Asthma or Foreign Body Aspiration: Endobrochial Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor. Indian J Pediatr 81, 306–307 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-013-1318-y

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