Value of thoracoscopic pleural brush in the diagnosis of exudative pleural effusion
Background: Nowadays, medical thoracoscope had been established to have greater diagnostic yield in the diagnosis of exudative pleural effusion. Forceps biopsy and pleural brush could be used through medical thoracoscope to obtain pleural cytopathological specimens, however the most popular used one...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2012-10-01
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| Series: | Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763812000751 |