Pleural Fluid: Accuracy of Computed Tomography in Differentiating Exudates from Transudates

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 259-265

  Wolek, Robert ^a   Mason, Brian J ^a   Reeser, Pamela ^a   Zins, Jonathan H ^a  

^a BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXUDATE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; HUMANS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032059135     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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