Closed pleural biopsy: Not dead yet!

Chest

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1398-1400

  Baumann, Michael H ^a,b  

^a University of Mississippi Medical Center ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CLOSED PLEURA BIOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURA TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOSCOPY; TRAINING; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

EID: 33745145809     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.129.6.1398     Document Type: Editorial

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