Airway stents

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 563-570

  Bolliger, Chris T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Central airway obstruction; Lung cancer; Palliation; Stents

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHODILATATION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; LUNG CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SILASTIC TUBE; STENT;

EID: 0031468257     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1009372     Document Type: Review

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