Parapneumonic effusions: Evaluation and treatments;Epanchements parapneumoniques: Evaluation et traitement

Medecine et Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 2187, 1997, Pages 2312-2315

  Nicod, L P ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STREPTOKINASE; UROKINASE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX DRAINAGE;

EID: 0031451908     PISSN: 00256749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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