The efficacy of video-assisted pleural biopsy for diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis in Japan

N. Nanki, Y. Yamaji, M. Yamane, H. Maeda, M. Kaji, K. Miyatani (Kagawa, Japan)

Source: Annual Congress 2006 - Epidemiology and clinical aspects of tuberculosis
Session: Epidemiology and clinical aspects of tuberculosis
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 4946
Disease area: Respiratory infections, Thoracic oncology

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