Diagnosing malignant pleural effusions: How do we compare?

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 1381, 2013, Pages 42-48

  Lim, Ming Han ^a   Garrett, Jeffrey ^a   Mowlem, Lydia ^a   Yap, Elaine ^a  

^a MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUND GUIDED FINE NEEDLE BIOPSY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACOSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84883308537     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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