Abrams versus TruCut needle in tuberculous pleuritis: a pilot study

J. Theron, A. H. Diacon, Z. Williams, G. Walzl, C. T. Bolliger (Cape Town, South Africa)

Source: Annual Congress 2004 - Diagnostic techniques in pulmonary and pleural diseases
Session: Diagnostic techniques in pulmonary and pleural diseases
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 564
Disease area: Respiratory infections, Thoracic oncology

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J. Theron, A. H. Diacon, Z. Williams, G. Walzl, C. T. Bolliger (Cape Town, South Africa). Abrams versus TruCut needle in tuberculous pleuritis: a pilot study. Eur Respir J 2004; 24: Suppl. 48, 564

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