Pleural controversy: Aetiology of pneumothorax

Respirology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 604-610

  Haynes, Demondes ^a   Baumann, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

computed tomography; emphysema like changes; fluorescein enhanced autofluorescence thoracoscopy; primary spontaneous pneumothorax; secondary spontaneous pneumothorax; spontaneous pneumothorax; The American College of Chest Physicians

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EMPHYSEMA; HUMAN; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; THORACOSCOPY;

BLISTER; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLEURA; PNEUMOTHORAX; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RECURRENCE; THORAX;

EID: 79955408998     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2011.01968.x     Document Type: Article

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