Evaluation of thoracoscopic operation for spontaneous pneumothorax.

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of the Japanese Association for Chest Surgery

سال: 1993

ISSN: 0919-0945,1881-4158

DOI: 10.2995/jacsurg.7.472