Comparison of intrapleural use of urokinase and tissue plasminogen activator/DNAse in pleural infection

Benoît Bédat, Jérôme Plojoux, Jade Noel, Anna Morel, Jonathan Worley, Frédéric Triponez, Wolfram Karenovics

Source: ERJ Open Res, 5 (3) 00084-2019; 10.1183/23120541.00084-2019
Journal Issue: July
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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