Diagnostic efficacy of blind percutaneous pleural biopsy (BPPB) using Abram‘s needle in a UK district general hospital

V. S. Sreeguru Lakshman, M. Asim, J. Hendry, S. Twite, P. Stockton (Merseyside, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Interventional pneumology and surgical procedures
Session: Interventional pneumology and surgical procedures
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 3338
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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V. S. Sreeguru Lakshman, M. Asim, J. Hendry, S. Twite, P. Stockton (Merseyside, United Kingdom). Diagnostic efficacy of blind percutaneous pleural biopsy (BPPB) using Abram‘s needle in a UK district general hospital. Eur Respir J 2007; 30: Suppl. 51, 3338

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