Diagnostic value of closed percutaneous pleural biopsy vs pleuroscopy in suspected malignant pleural effusion or tuberculous pleurisy in a region with a high incidence of tuberculosis: A comparative, age-dependent study

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 488-492

  Emad, A ^a   Rezaian, G R ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

EID: 0031965956     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(98)90296-7     Document Type: Article

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