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Published on: March 12, 2020
Aluminium and primary spontaneous pneumothorax. A suggestive but unconfirmed hypothesis
Francesco Leo1, Nicolas Venissac, Milou-Daniel Drici
1Thoracic Surgery Department, University Hospital of Nice, 30 Avenue de la Voie Romaine, 06000 Nice, France. francescoleo@aninterfree.it
Abstract:
A prospective case-control study was designed to confirm the higher plasma concentration of aluminium in primary spontaneous pneumothorax patients recently reported in literature. Ten consecutive patients with PSP entered the study. Comparison with the control group obtained from the database of the Pharmacology Department did not show any significant difference. The conclusion was that in patients with PSP from the Maritime Alps region aluminium concentration was not abnormal. Therefore, the study was stopped.
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