Sonography of pleural space in healthy individuals

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 386-389

  Kocijančič, Ksenija ^a   Kocijančič, Igor ^b   Vidmar, Gaj ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Fluid; Physiology; Pleura; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA FLUID; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL CAVITY; PLEURAL EFFUSION; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 27544514463     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20155     Document Type: Article

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