Utility of closed pleural biopsy in thoracoscopic era

Madhav K. Kale (Pune, India), Madhav Kale, Shoaib Shaikh, Parag Khatavkar

Source: International Congress 2015 – Interventional pulmonology for pleural diseases
Session: Interventional pulmonology for pleural diseases
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2501
Disease area: Respiratory infections, Thoracic oncology

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Madhav K. Kale (Pune, India), Madhav Kale, Shoaib Shaikh, Parag Khatavkar. Utility of closed pleural biopsy in thoracoscopic era. Eur Respir J 2015; 46: Suppl. 59, 2501

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