Tuberculosis of the pleura

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 630-636

  Morehead, Richard Scott ^a,b,c  

^a LEXINGTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; THORACOCENTESIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031820612     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199807000-00005     Document Type: Review

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