Better survival outcomes after bilateral lung transplantation compared to single lung transplantation in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

L. ten Klooster, C. van Moorsel, D. van Kessel, E. J. Oudijk, E. van de Graaf, J. Kwakkel - van Erp, B. Luijk, R. Hoek, B. van den Blink, P. van Hal, G. Nossent, W. van der Bij, E. Verschuuren, J. Grutters (Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Rotterdam, Groningen, Netherlands)

Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Clinical studies in lung transplantation
Session: Clinical studies in lung transplantation
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2686
Disease area: Interstitial lung diseases

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