Treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 275-280

  Baumann, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; TALC;

HUMAN; PLEURODESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE;

EID: 0033941966     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063198-200007000-00004     Document Type: Review

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