Lung Transplantation for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1121-1128

  Mason, David P ^a   Brizzio, Mariano E ^a   Alster, Joan M ^a   McNeill, Ann M ^a   Murthy, Sudish C ^a   Budev, Marie M ^b   Mehta, Atul C ^b   Minai, Omar A ^b   Pettersson, Gösta B ^a   Blackstone, Eugene H ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Allergy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548698473     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.04.096     Document Type: Article

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