Differentiating between malignant and idiopathic pleural effusions: The value of diagnostic procedures

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 351-359

  Aleman C ^a   Sanchez, L ^a   Alegre, J ^a   Ruiz, E ^a   Vazquez A ^a   Soriano, T ^a   Sarrapio, J ^a   Teixidor, J ^a   Andreu, J ^a   Felip, E ^a   Armadans, L ^a   Fernandez De Sevilla T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 34447575010     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcm032     Document Type: Article

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