Etiology and prognostic significance of eosinophilic pleural effusions: A prospective study

Chest

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1271-1274

  Rubins, Jeffrey B ^a,b   Rubins, Hanna Bloomfield ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

eosinophilia; pleural effusion; thoracentesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOCENTESIS;

EID: 0029846640     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.110.5.1271     Document Type: Article

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