Prospective study to determine the volume of pleural fluid required to diagnose malignancy

Chest

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 68-73

  Swiderek, Jennifer ^a   Morcos, Samer ^b   Donthireddy, Vijayalakshmi ^a   Surapaneni, Rajesh ^c   Jackson Thompson, Vicki ^a   Schultz, Lonni ^a   Kini, Sudha ^a   Kvale, Paul ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Windham Hospital   (United States)

^c Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGIST; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACOCENTESIS;

EID: 74949136560     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.09-0641     Document Type: Article

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