NETT confirms clear survival advantages by lung volume reduction in predominantly apical emphysema with reduced ability to cope with stress;NETT bestätigt klare überlebensvorteile durch lungenvolumenreduktion beim apikal betonten emphysem mit eingeschränkter belastungskapazität

Pneumologie

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 361-362

  Teschler, H ^a   Stamatis, G ^a  

^a RUHRLANDKLINIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; ERGOMETRY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG RESECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STRESS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; EMPHYSEMA; HUMANS; PNEUMONECTOMY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0041659344     PISSN: 09348387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-40560     Document Type: Short Survey

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