Protein profiling of pleural fluid in guiding management of infectious parapneumonic effusion in children

Chih-Yung Chiu (Keelung, Taiwan), Chih-Yung Chiu, Kin-Sun Wong, Shen-Hao Lai, Jen-Kun Chen, Jing-Long Huang

Source: International Congress 2015 – Paediatric pulmonary infections
Session: Paediatric pulmonary infections
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 3634
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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