Pleural lavage: A novel diagnostic approach for diagnosing exudative pleural effusion

Lung

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 371-379

  Mohamed, K H ^a,b   Mobasher, A A M T ^a   Yousef, A I ^a   Salah, A ^a   Ramadan, M A ^a   Emam, A K ^a   Alhayawan, H M ^a   Light, R W ^b  

^a ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Egypt)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pleural effusions; Pleural lavage; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 0034452466     PISSN: 03412040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004080000040     Document Type: Article

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