Intervention in the pleura

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 119-132

  Toms, Andoni P ^a   Tasker, Angela D ^a   Flower, Christopher D R ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Computed Tomography (CT); Drainage; Intervention; Pleura; Thickening; Ultrasound (US)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; PULMONARY DISEASES; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

PLEURAL DISEASES;

RESPIRATORY THERAPY;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STREPTOKINASE; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYSIS; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA CANCER; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURA THICKENING; PLEURA TUMOR; PLEURODESIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

DRAINAGE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMANS; PLEURA; PLEURAL DISEASES; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; PNEUMOTHORAX; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 0034193753     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(00)00169-8     Document Type: Article

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