Endobronchial valves for emphysema

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 364, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 381-384

  Hopkinson, Nicholas S ^a   Shah, Pallav L ^a   Polkey, Michael I ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATELECTASIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMPHYSEMA; ENDOBRONCHIAL VALVE; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG VOLUME; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPIROMETRY; SURVIVAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVE;

EID: 79251473382     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1011913     Document Type: Letter

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