The role of thoracic surgery in diagnosing interstitial lung disease

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 284-286

  Rizzato, Gianfranco ^a  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; BIOPSY; BLEEDING; ENDOSCOPY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY;

ANALGESIA; BIOPSY; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; ENDOSCOPY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 0033192884     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063198-199909000-00003     Document Type: Article

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