Characteristics of Pleural Effusions Associated with Pulmonary Embolism

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 1976, Pages 159-162

  Bynum, Lincoln J ^a   Wilson, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN;

DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOCYTE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PLEURA EFFUSION; RELATIVE DENSITY;

BLOOD CELL COUNT; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTES; NEUTROPHILS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0017236624     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1976.03630020019005     Document Type: Article

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