Lung transplantation for lymphangioleiomyomatosis.

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Published in J Heart Lung Transplant on March 01, 2004

Authors

Taine T Pechet1, Bryan F Meyers, Tracey J Guthrie, Richard J Battafarano, Elbert P Trulock, Joel D Cooper, G Alexander Patterson

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.

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