Why you do or do not need thoracoscopy

European Respiratory Review

Volumn 19, Issue 117, 2010, Pages 213-216

  Janssen, J P ^a  

^a CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Medical; Pleuroscopy; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURISY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

BIOPSY; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; HUMANS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURISY; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 78449274272     PISSN: 09059180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09059180.00005410     Document Type: Review

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