A surgically treated case of chronic necrotizing aspergillosis with pleural invasion

Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-59

  Lee, Kyung Hak ^a   Ryu, Se Min ^a   Park, Sung Min ^a   Park, Hyun Seok ^a   Lee, Kang Hoon ^a   Cho, Seong Joon ^a  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Decortication; Fungal infection; Lung surgery; Pleural disease

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859878445     PISSN: 2233601X     EISSN: 20936516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5090/kjtcs.2012.45.1.56     Document Type: Article

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