Source: International Congress 2015 – Malignant pleural effusions and mesothelioma
Disease area: Respiratory infections, Thoracic oncology



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Lucia Ferreiro Fernandez (Santiago de Compostela, Spain), Lucía Ferreiro, John T. Huggins, Rolando Sánchez Sánchez, Carlos E. Kummerfeldt, Luis Valdés, Steven A. Sahn. Discordant exudates and their impact on Light’s criteria accuracy to diagnose exudate effusions. The value of clinical presentation. Eur Respir J 2015; 46: Suppl. 59, 4339

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