Bilateral partial bronchial obstruction due to broncholithiasis treated with laser therapy

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Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 240-242

  Snyder, Richard W ^a,c   Unger, Michael ^b   Sawicki, Rafal W ^a  

^a ABINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchial diseases; Laser surgery; Lung diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHEEZING; YAG LASER;

EID: 0031973646     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.113.1.240     Document Type: Article

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