Diagnostic value of medical thoracoscopy in pleural disease: A 6-year retrospective study

Chest

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1677-1683

  Blanc, François Xavier ^a   Atassi, Kinan ^a   Bignon, Jean ^a   Housset, Bruno ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL DE CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Malignancy; Medical thoracoscopy; Pleural disease

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA CANCER; PLEURA DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; THORACOSCOPY; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

EID: 0036251221     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.121.5.1677     Document Type: Article

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