Management of malignant pleural effusion

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 394-396

  Tattersall, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Management; Pleural effusion (malignant); Pleurodesis

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; TALC; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031856481     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1998.tb01972.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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