Thoracoscopic Appearance of Bilateral Spontaneous Pneumothorax

Chest

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2368-2371

  Tamura, Masaya ^a   Ohta, Yasuhiko ^a   Sato, Hideo ^a  

^a ISHIKAWA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax; Blebs; Bullae

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG BULLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 0346363501     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.124.6.2368     Document Type: Article

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