The diagnostic yield of ultrasound-assisted closed pleural biopsy in pleural effusions following non-diagnostic thoracocentesis

C.F.N. Koegelenberg, C.T. Bolliger, E.M. Irusen, F. von Groote-Bidlingmaier, P.T. Schubert, M. Louw, C.A. Wright, A.H. Diacon (Cape Town, South Africa)

Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Ultrasound in pulmonary medicine: from inside and outside
Session: Ultrasound in pulmonary medicine: from inside and outside
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 293
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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