Effectiveness and safety of tissue plasminogen activators (t-PA) in complicated pleural effusion (CPE), what the correlation with time it stays in the pleural space?

M. Bashir, K. Mousbah, A. Gdeedo (Tripoli, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Source: Annual Congress 2013 –A modern approach to lung diseases: from bronchi to pleura
Session: A modern approach to lung diseases: from bronchi to pleura
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 5040

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