Prospective randomized trial of talc slurry vs bleomycin in pleurodesis for symptomatic malignant pleural effusions

Chest

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 430-434

  Zimmer, Peter W ^a   Hill, Mark ^a   Casey, Kenneth ^a   Harvey, Eric ^a   Low, Donald E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleomycin; Clinical trials; Comparative study; Human; Malignant; Pleural effusion; Pleurodesis; Prospective studies; Tale

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; TALC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX DRAINAGE;

EID: 0030836692     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.112.2.430     Document Type: Article

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