Bedside pleurodesis using talc slurry

Journal of Bronchology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 156-158

  Regan, Mark S ^a   Colt, Henri G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0006341793     PISSN: 10708030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00128594-199804000-00016     Document Type: Article

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