Pleurodesis for primary spontaneous pneumothorax - Authors' reply

The Lancet

Volumn 382, Issue 9888, 2013, Pages 203-204

  Chen, Jin Shing ^a   Chan, Wing Kai ^b   Yang, Pan Chyr ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINOCYCLINE; PETHIDINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ASPIRATION; CATHETER REMOVAL; CHEST TUBE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HEALING; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; PLEURODESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PNEUMOTHORAX;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINOCYCLINE; PLEURODESIS; PNEUMOTHORAX;

EID: 84880415828     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61594-9     Document Type: Letter

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