Follow-up of pleural effusion after non-diagnostic medical pleuroscopy

J. Bento, A. P. Vaz, G. Fernandes, A. Amorim, V. Hespanhol, A. Magalhães (Oporto, Portugal)

Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Thoracoscopy and solitary pulmonary nodules
Session: Thoracoscopy and solitary pulmonary nodules
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 612
Disease area: Thoracic oncology

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