Diagnostic tests in pleural effusion--an update.
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Diagnostic tests in pleural effusion--an update.
Pleural effusion is a common finding amongst hospitalized patients and indicates the presence of disease which may be pulmonary, pleural or extrapulmonary. The differential diagnosis of pleural effusion is wide but a systematic approach allows a definitive aetiology to be identified in at least 75% of patients.' The last few years have seen an escalation in the development of new diagnostic tes...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.69.807.12