Aluminium and primary spontaneous pneumothorax. A suggestive but unconfirmed hypothesis

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-22

  Leo, Francesco ^a,b   Venissac, Nicolas ^a   Drici, Milou Daniel ^a   Mouroux, Jérôme ^a   Han, Serdar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NICE   (France)

^b PASTEUR HOSPITAL   (France)

^c ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Pneumothorax; Video thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM;

ALUMINUM BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 24744435575     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2004.092312     Document Type: Article

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