"All that glitters...": Evaluating interventions for emphysema

Chest

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 243-245

  Cooper, Joel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; BIODEGRADABILITY; BRONCHUS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENERVATION; DEVICE; DYSPNEA; EDITORIAL; EMPHYSEMA; EXERCISE TEST; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; GEL; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG RESECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHRENIC NERVE; PLEURA; PLEURAL STRIPPING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STENT; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVE;

EID: 77955380309     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-0829     Document Type: Editorial

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