The accuracy of chest sonography in the diagnosis of small pleural effusion

Radiology and Oncology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Kocijančič, Igor ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Pleural effusion ultrasonography; Thoracic radiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG CANCER; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PREDICTION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037368585     PISSN: 13182099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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