Pulmonary lymphangiectasis in an asymptomatic adult

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Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 114-116

  Okumura, Yoshitomo ^a   Takeda, Shin Ichi ^a   Sawabata, Noriyoshi ^a   Maeda, Hajime ^a   Hirano, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TONEYAMA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult pulmonary lymphangiectasis; Lymphangiectasis; Pulmonary lymphatic abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CYST; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG LYMPHANGIECTASIS; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; PATHOGENESIS; PLEURA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED;

EID: 33644526619     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088003     Document Type: Article

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