Pleural controversy: Close needle pleural biopsy or thoracoscopy - Which first?

Respirology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 738-746

  Koegelenberg, Coenraad F N ^a   Diacon, Andreas H ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Pleural biopsy; Pleural disease; Pleural effusion; Thoracoscopy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA CANCER; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOSCOPY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMANS; PLEURA; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; THORACOSCOPY; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL;

EID: 79959904861     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2011.01973.x     Document Type: Review

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