A randomized trial comparing lung-volume-reduction surgery with medical therapy for severe emphysema.

By A. Fishman, F. Martinez, K. Naunheim, S. Piantadosi, R. Wise, A. Ries, G. Weinmann, D. Wood. New England Journal of Medicine, 2003

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Subfields: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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