Pleural effusion: Which way ahead?;PLEURAERGUSS: WIE WEITER?

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 128, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 451-458

  Ullmer, E ^a   Wyser, Ch ^a   Soler M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; STREPTOKINASE; TALC;

ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMAN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURODESIS; THORACOSCOPY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032554493     PISSN: 00367672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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