CT-guided biopsy for diagnosis of malignant disease in pleural effusions [8] (multiple letters)

Lancet

Volumn 362, Issue 9378, 2003, Pages 173-174

  Perkins, Gavin D ^a   Thickett, David ^a   Maskell, Nick ^b   Gleeson, Fergus ^b   Davies, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST CONTROL; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EXUDATE; HEART FAILURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; PATIENT SELECTION; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA THICKENING; PLEURODESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX WALL;

EID: 0038643672     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)13881-0     Document Type: Letter

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