Complex Disease of the Pleural Space: Radiographic and CT Evaluation

Radiographics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-79

  Kuhlman, Janet E ^a   Singha, Navneet K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Asbestos, 66.773, 66.774; Chylothorax, 66.769; Fistula, bronchopleural, 66.24; Pleura, fluid, 66.76 Pleura, infection, 66.76; Pleura, neoplasms, 66.3254, 66.335; Thorax, hemorrhage, 66.4125

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA TUMOR; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA; PLEURAL DISEASES; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030637269     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.17.1.9017800     Document Type: Article

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