Ten years of lung transplantation in Switzerland: Results of the Swiss Lung Transplant Registry

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 18-23

  Speich, Rudolf ^a   Pierre Nicod, Laurent ^b   Aubert, John David ^c   Spiliopoulos, Anastase ^b   Wellinger, John ^c   Henri Robert, John ^b   Stocker, Reto ^a   Zalunardo, Marco ^a   Gasche Soccal, Paola ^b   Boehler, Annette ^a   Weder, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Lung transplantation; Swiss Lung Transplant Registry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHIOLITIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHANGIOLEIOMYOMATOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REGISTER; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 9144234091     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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