The effect of a pleural diseases clinic on pleural effusion admission rates

S. Saikia, K. Rowe, H.E. Davies (Cardiff, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Diagnosis and biology of malignant pleural effusions
Session: Diagnosis and biology of malignant pleural effusions
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 4628
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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