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The Present-Day Usage of Pneumothorax in the Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis

The patient with tuberculosis must heal himself. Collapse measures help in the healing process by making the environment of the tubercle bacilli in the lungs more intolerant of multiplication and spread. The usage of pneumothorax has decreased; ten years ago it was used for over 50 per cent of patie...

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Main Author: Skavlem, John H.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1950
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1520736/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14792366
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