Lung-reduction surgery: 5 years on

Lancet

Volumn 353, Issue SUPPL.1, 1999, Pages 26-27

  Cooper, J D ^a,b   Lefrak, S S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; EMPHYSEMA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGING; LUNG SURGERY; LUNG VOLUME; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0032952632     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(99)90227-1     Document Type: Article

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