Helping the homogeneous

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 8-9

  Fessler, H E ^a   Feller Kopman, D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; THROMBIN; FIBRIN GLUE;

ATELECTASIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG ELUTING STENT; DYSPNEA; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG VOLUME; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RADIOGRAPHY;

BRONCHOSCOPY; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; PNEUMONECTOMY; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA;

EID: 77954632768     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00199309     Document Type: Editorial

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