Primary spontaneous pneumothorax: A diffuse disease of the pleura

Respiration

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 185-189

  Grundy, Seamus ^a   Bentley, Andrew ^a   Tschopp, Jean Marie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre Valaisan de Pneumologie   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Emphysema like changes; Management; Pathogenesis; Pleural diseases; Pleural porosity; Pneumothorax; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; PATHOGENESIS; PLEURECTOMY; PLEURODESIS; PRIMARY SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKING; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PRESSURE; VIDEO ASSISTED THORACOSCOPIC SURGERY;

HUMANS; PNEUMOTHORAX; RECURRENCE;

EID: 84857328386     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000335993     Document Type: Review

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