Referral for lung transplantation: Experience of a Birmingham Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre between 1987 and 1994

Thorax

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 302-305

  Ryan, P J ^a   Stableforth, D E ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burkholderia cepacia; Cystic fibrosis; Lung transplantation; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029866880     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.51.3.302     Document Type: Article

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