Outcome of patients diagnosed with fibrinous pleuritis after medical thoracoscopy

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1177-1183

  Metintas, Muzaffer ^a   Ak, Guntulu ^a   Cadirci, Omer ^a   Yildirim, Huseyin ^a   Dundar, Emine ^a   Metintas, Selma ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Mesothelioma; Pleura; Thoracoscopy

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FIBRINOUS PLEURITIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURISY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACOSCOPE; THORACOSCOPY; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

AGED; ASBESTOS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; PLEURISY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; THORACOSCOPY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84862529667     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: 15323064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2012.04.009     Document Type: Article

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