Source: International Congress 2015 – Invasive and surgical procedures: the clinical point of view
Disease area: Respiratory infections, Thoracic oncology



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John Corcoran (Oxford, United Kingdom), John Corcoran, Louise Acton, Asia Ahmed, Robert Hallifax, Ioannis Psallidas, John Wrightson, Najib Rahman, Fergus Gleeson. Draining pleural effusions before radiological imaging does not improve diagnostic capability. Eur Respir J 2015; 46: Suppl. 59, 1828

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