Transcatheter instillation of urokinase into loculated pleural effusion: Analysis of treatment effect

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 649-652

  Park, Chan Sup ^a   Chung, Won Mo ^a   Lim, Myung Kwan ^a   Cho, Chul Ho ^a   Suh, Chang Hae ^a   Chung, Won Kyun ^a  

^a Inha University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UROKINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAPLEURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 9444274163     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.167.3.8751672     Document Type: Article

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