Clinical and radiological predictors of post-procedure pneumothorax complicating CT-guided lung biopsy

R. Scott, M. Patterson, S. Cooper, M. Dean, A. Guhan (Ayr, Kilmarnock, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Novel biomarkers and old parameters in clinical management of lung diseases
Session: Novel biomarkers and old parameters in clinical management of lung diseases
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 424
Disease area: Interstitial lung diseases

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R. Scott, M. Patterson, S. Cooper, M. Dean, A. Guhan (Ayr, Kilmarnock, United Kingdom). Clinical and radiological predictors of post-procedure pneumothorax complicating CT-guided lung biopsy. Eur Respir J 2013; 42: Suppl. 57, 424

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