Contrast-enhanced sonography for differential diagnosis of pleurisy and focal pleural lesion of unknown cause

Chest

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3894-3899

  Görg, Christian ^a,b   Bert, Tillmann ^a   Görg, Konrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^b Onkologie der Phillipsuniversität   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced sonography; Pleurisy; Sonography

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG INFARCTION; LYMPHOMA; MALE; PLEURA; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA METASTASIS; PLEURISY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE;

EID: 30344435567     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.128.6.3894     Document Type: Article

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