Direct comparison of the diagnostic yield of ultrasound-assisted Abrams and Tru-Cut needle biopsies for pleural tuberculosis

Thorax

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 857-862

  Koegelenberg, Coenraad Frederik N ^a   Bolliger, Christoph Thomas ^a   Theron, Johan ^a   Walzl, Gerhard ^b   Wright, Colleen Anne ^b   Louw, Mercia ^b   Diacon, Andreas Henri ^a,b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOSCOPY; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 77957194751     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2009.125146     Document Type: Article

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