Usefulness of chest sonography in a respiratory medicine unit;Utilidad de la ecografía torácica en una unidad de técnicas respiratorias

Archivos de Bronconeumologia

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 253-255

  Hidalgo Ramirez M ^a   Cases Viedma, E ^a   Sanchis Aldas J L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chest sonography; Pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0042806413     PISSN: 03002896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13048600     Document Type: Article

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