Aluminium and primary spontaneous pneumothorax. A suggestive but unconfirmed hypothesis
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Aluminium and primary spontaneous pneumothorax. A suggestive but unconfirmed hypothesis.
A prospective case-control study was designed to confirm the higher plasma concentration of aluminium in primary spontaneous pneumothorax patients recently reported in literature. Ten consecutive patients with PSP entered the study. Comparison with the control group obtained from the database of the Pharmacology Department did not show any significant difference. The conclusion was that in pati...
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عنوان ژورنال: Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1569-9293
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2004.092312