Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Current issues in malignant pleural diseases
Disease area: Thoracic oncology



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E. Fragoso, S. Feijó, P. Monteiro, J. Rosal Gonçalves, A. Bugalho de Almeida (Lisbon, Portugal). Diagnostic yield of pleural fluid cytology in malignant effusions – Is timing of collection important?. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: Suppl. 54, 3327

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