Collection and preservation of the pleural fluid and pleural biopsy;Coleta e preservação do líquido pleural e biópsia pleural

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2006, Pages

  Antonangelo, Leila ^a,b   Capelozzi, Vera Luiza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Laboratorio de Pleura   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Culture media; Exudates and transudates; Pleura pathology; Pleural effusion microbiology

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; EXUDATE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PARACENTESIS; PATHOLOGY; PLEURA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESERVATION; REVIEW;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; HUMANS; PARACENTESIS; PLEURA; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33750560862     PISSN: 18063713     EISSN: 18063713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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