The role of cytologic evaluation of pleural fluid in the diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma

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Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 106-109

  Renshaw, Andrew A ^a   Dean, Barbara R ^a   Antman, Karen H ^c   Sugarbaker, David J ^a,b   Cibas, Edmund S ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

asbestos; clinical presentation; cytogenetics; cytology; diagnosis; mesothelioma; pleural fluid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; MEDICAL RECORD; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0031038316     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.1.106     Document Type: Article

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