Airway stenting for patients with benign airway disease and the Food and Drug Administration advisory: A call for restraint

Chest

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1107-1108

  Lund, Mark E ^a   Force, Seth D ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; EDITORIAL; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT;

EID: 35448957270     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-0242     Document Type: Editorial

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