The utility of thoracoscopy in the diagnosis and management of pleural disease

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 751-759

  Noppen, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

malignant pleural effusion; pleural exudate; pleuroscopy; pneumothorax pleurodesis; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA THICKENING; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOSCOPY;

BRONCHOSCOPY; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; HUMANS; PLEURAL DISEASES; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; PNEUMOTHORAX; RECURRENCE; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 78651090271     PISSN: 10693424     EISSN: 10989048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1269835     Document Type: Article

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