The use of fibrinolytic agents in drainage of complicated fluid collections

Applied Radiology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 47-49

  Safvi, Amjad ^a   Nemcek Jr , Albert A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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