Radiotherapy: A novel treatment for pneumothorax

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 427-429

  Ong, Y E ^a   Sheth, A ^a   Simmonds, N J ^a   Heenan, S ^a   Allan, R ^a   Glees, J P ^a,b   Madden, Brendan P ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pneumothorax; Radiotherapy; Ventilation scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

KRYPTON 81M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DYSPNEA; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG BULLA; LUNG COLLAPSE; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RADIATION PNEUMONIA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 31844433800     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.06.00020905     Document Type: Article

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