Diagnostic yield of closed pleural biopsy in exudative pleural effusion

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 282-286

  Al Shimemeri, Abdullah A ^a   Al Ghadeer, Hend M ^a   Giridhar, Hema R ^a  

^a KING FAHAD NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXUDATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURA TUMOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORACOSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; EMPYEMA, TUBERCULOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL;

EID: 0037719764     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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