Management of undiagnosed persistent pleural effusions

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 407-417

  Ansari, T ^a   Idell, S ^a  

^a GREENVILLE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURISY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOSCOPY; TUBERCULOSIS; URINE EXTRAVASATION; YELLOW NAIL SYNDROME;

EID: 0031837830     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-5231(05)70087-3     Document Type: Article

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