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The incidence and risk factors of asymptomatic primary spontaneous pneumothorax detected during health check-ups

BACKGROUND: Patients with primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) usually complain of sudden-onset dyspnea and pleuritic chest pain. However, asymptomatic PSP has been incidentally detected on chest X-rays. In this study, we analyzed the incidence, characteristics, risk factors, and prognosis of asym...

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Autores principales: Mitani, Akihisa, Hakamata, Yukichika, Hosoi, Megumi, Horie, Masafumi, Murano, Yoko, Saito, Akira, Yanagimoto, Shintaro, Tsuji, Shoji, Yamamoto, Kazuhiko, Nagase, Takahide
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5721680/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29216862
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-017-0538-8