Lung herniation: an unusual cause.
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Lung herniation: an unusual cause Giuseppe De Luca*, Nicola Martucci, Antonello La Rocca and Gaetano Rocco Department of Thoracic Surgery and Oncology, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Fondazione “G. Pascale” IRCCS, Naples, Italy * Corresponding author. Via San Rocco 59/A, Marano di Napoli, 80016 Naples, Italy. Tel: +39-0815903268; fax: +39-0815903823; e-mail: [email protected] (G. De Luca). Received 2 December 2014; accepted 12 January 2015
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery
دوره 48 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015