Recurrence of primary spontaneous pneumothorax

Thorax

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 805-809

  Sadikot, R T ^a,c   Greene, T ^b   Meadows, K ^b   Arnold, A G ^a  

^a CASTLE HILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Primary spontaneous pneumothorax; Reccurence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING CESSATION; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX;

EID: 0030765863     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.52.9.805     Document Type: Article

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