Role of simple needle aspiration in the management of spontaneous pneumothorax

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 55, Issue SEP, 2007, Pages 628-629

  Masood, Imrana ^a   Ahmad, Z ^a   Pandey, D K ^a   Singh, S K ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548456393     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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