The national emphysema treatment trial: A paradigm for future surgical trials

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 327-329

  Wood, Douglas E ^a   DeCamp, Malcolm M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EMPHYSEMA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG RESECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; PNEUMONECTOMY; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034910368     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)02396-7     Document Type: Editorial

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