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A total pleural covering of absorbable cellulose mesh prevents pneumothorax recurrence in patients with Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome

BACKGROUND: Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome (BHDS) is a recently recognized inherited multiple cystic lung disease causing recurrent pneumothoraces. Similarly to the lesions in patients with lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), the pulmonary cysts are innumerable and widely dispersed and cannot all be removed. W...

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Autores principales: Mizobuchi, Teruaki, Kurihara, Masatoshi, Ebana, Hiroki, Yamanaka, Sumitaka, Kataoka, Hideyuki, Okamoto, Shouichi, Kobayashi, Etsuko, Kumasaka, Toshio, Seyama, Kuniaki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5952889/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29764481
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13023-018-0790-x