Treating empyema without surgery. How to choose the best candidates

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 1997, Pages

  Lee Chiong Jr , Teofilo L ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMPYEMA; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA FLUID;

EID: 1842417120     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.1997.06.229     Document Type: Article

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