Radiological review of pneumothorax

British Medical Journal

Volumn 330, Issue 7506, 2005, Pages 1493-1497

  O'Connor, A R ^a   Morgan, W E ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDLINE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; WOUND DRAINAGE;

DRAINAGE; HUMANS; PNEUMOTHORAX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 21244431548     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.330.7506.1493     Document Type: Review

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