Treatment outcomes of patients admitted at Cardinal Santos Medical Center with loculated pleural effusion who were treated with streptokinase as compared to those who were not

M.A. Tan-Reyes (Quezon, Philippines)

Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Medical access to the pleura
Session: Medical access to the pleura
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 3368
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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M.A. Tan-Reyes (Quezon, Philippines). Treatment outcomes of patients admitted at Cardinal Santos Medical Center with loculated pleural effusion who were treated with streptokinase as compared to those who were not. Eur Respir J 2012; 40: Suppl. 56, 3368

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