Pneumothorax: A review of 146 adult cases admitted at a University Teaching Hospital in Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 243-246

  Hussain, Syed Fayyaz ^a   Aziz, Asif ^a   Fatima, Hala ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMOTHORAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PNEUMOTHORAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0033202103     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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