Blebs and/or bullae are of no importance and have no predictive value for recurrences in patients with primary spontaneous pneumothorax [2] (multiple letters)

Chest

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1976-1977

  Schramel, F M N H ^a   Zanen, P ^a   Yim, A P C ^a   Lee, T W ^a   Ng, C S H ^a   Sihoe, A D L ^a   Wan, S ^a  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE; BLISTER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG FIBROSIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034881191     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.119.6.1976-a     Document Type: Letter

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