Magnet-mediated thoracic remodeling: A new approach to the sunken chest

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 283-286

  Jamshidi, Ramin ^a   Harrison, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; FUNNEL CHEST; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LUNG FUNCTION; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; REIMBURSEMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX SURGERY;

FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; THORAX;

EID: 34249823076     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.4.3.283     Document Type: Editorial

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