Is the symptomatic improvement after lung volume reduction surgery correlated with FEV1 in patients with diffuse emphysema? [6]

Chest

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1144-1145

  Teramoto, S ^a   Matsuse, T ^a   Ouchi, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DYSPNEA; EMPHYSEMA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; LETTER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030894551     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.4.1144-b     Document Type: Article

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