Redo lung volume reduction surgery in a patient with α1- antitrypsin deficiency

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 632-633

  Stammberger, Uz ^a   Thurnheer, Robert ^a   Schmid, Ralph A ^a   Russi, Erich W ^a   Weder, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EMPHYSEMA; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOSCOPY;

ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHENOTYPE; PNEUMONECTOMY; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; REOPERATION;

EID: 0034100288     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01342-9     Document Type: Article

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