Medical thoracoscopy vs CT scan-guided abrams pleural needle biopsy for diagnosis of patients with pleural effusions: A randomized, controlled trial

Chest

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1362-1368

  Metintas, Muzaffer ^a   Ak, Guntulu ^a   Dundar, Emine ^a   Yildirim, Huseyin ^a   Ozkan, Ragip ^a   Kurt, Emel ^a   Erginel, Sinan ^a   Alatas, Fusun ^a   Metintas, Selma ^a  

^a OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA THICKENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THORACOSCOPY; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

EID: 77953319782     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.09-0884     Document Type: Article

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