Medical thoracoscopy in the diagnosis of unexplained pleural effusion

Respirology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 77-80

  Wilsher, Margaret L ^a   Veale, Andrew G ^a  

^a GREEN LANE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Malignancy; Pleural effusion; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 0031829396     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.1998.tb00100.x     Document Type: Article

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