Shifting percussion dullness of the chest: A sign of pleural effusion

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1255-1256

  Gilbert, Verne E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; HUMAN; MALE; PERCUSSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030717739     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199712000-00021     Document Type: Article

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