Nocturnal Dyspnea in a Young Adult Male Patient: A Typical Case of an Unrecognized Traumatic Rupture of the Diaphragm

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 720-

  Basso, Stefano M M ^a   Caratozzolo, Ezio ^b   Massani, Marco ^b   Antoniutti, Michele ^b   Di Pinto, Francesco Calia ^b   Callegari, Paolo ^b   Bonariol, Luca ^b   Bassi, Nicolò ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CA FONCELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; DIAPHRAGM RUPTURE; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 1942540100     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000078690.12080.23     Document Type: Article

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