Incidence and diagnostic utility of pleural fluid eosinophilia

R. Krenke, P. Korczynski, J. Nasilowski, K. Gorska, T. Przybylowski, J. Domagala-Kulawik, R. Chazan (Warsaw, Poland)

Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in pleural diseases
Session: Diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in pleural diseases
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 665
Disease area: Respiratory infections, Thoracic oncology

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R. Krenke, P. Korczynski, J. Nasilowski, K. Gorska, T. Przybylowski, J. Domagala-Kulawik, R. Chazan (Warsaw, Poland). Incidence and diagnostic utility of pleural fluid eosinophilia. Eur Respir J 2008; 32: Suppl. 52, 665

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