Lung transplantation and life extension in children with cystic fibrosis

Lancet

Volumn 354, Issue 9190, 1999, Pages 1591-1593

  Aurora, P ^a   Whitehead, B ^a   Wade, A ^b   Bowyer, J ^c   Whitmore, P ^a   Rees, P G ^a   Tsang, V T ^a   Elliott, M J ^a   De Leval, M ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Microbiology Greenwich Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HAZARD; HEART LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; HEART RATE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0033530379     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)03031-7     Document Type: Article

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