Lung Transplantation in the Management of Patients With Lymphangioleiomyomatosis: Baseline Data From the NHLBI LAM Registry

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1293-1299

  Maurer, Janet R ^a   Ryu, Jay ^b   Beck, Gerald ^c   Moss, Joel ^d   Lee, Jar Chi ^c   Finlay, Geraldine ^e   Brown, Kevin ^f   Chapman, Jeffrey ^c   McMahan, June ^c   Olson, Eric ^b   Ruoss, Stephen ^g   Sherer, Susan ^c  

^a HEALTH DIALOG   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE (U.S.); QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTRIES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37149001614     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2007.09.013     Document Type: Article

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