Evidence for adult lung growth in humans

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 244-247

  Butler, James P ^a,b   Loring, Stephen H ^c   Patz, Samuel ^a   Tsuda, Akira ^b   Yablonskiy, Dmitriy A ^d   Mentzer, Steven J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HERNIA; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG RESECTION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

EID: 84863992207     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1203983     Document Type: Article

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