Thoracic ultrasound in the diagnosis of malignant pleural effusion

Thorax

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 139-143

  Qureshi, N R ^a   Rahman, N M ^b   Gleeson, F V ^c  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURA METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX ECHOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; EVALUATION; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PLEURA DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAPHRAGM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PLEURAL DISEASES; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60549116005     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2008.100545     Document Type: Article

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