Interstitial laser photocoagulation of normal lung parenchyma in rats

Thorax

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 692-697

  Fielding, D I ^a,b,d   Buonaccorsi, G ^a   Hanby, A ^c   Hetzel, M R ^b   Bown, S G ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^d PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Interstitial laser photocoagulation; Minimally invasive percutaneous therapy; Non small cell lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; HEALING; LASER COAGULATION; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031820830     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.53.8.692     Document Type: Article

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