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Diagnostic yield and safety of closed needle pleural biopsy in exudative pleural effusion

BACKGROUND: Closed pleural biopsy was previously considered a procedure of choice in cases of undiagnosed pleural effusion with good efficacy. Currently, the closed pleural biopsy has been replaced by thoracoscopic biopsy but not easily available in resource-limited setups. OBJECTIVE: The objective...

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Autores principales: Rajawat, Govind Singh, Batra, Supreet, Takhar, Rajendra Prasad, Rathi, Lalit, Bhandari, Chand, Gupta, Manohar Lal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5525466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28791245
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ajm.AJM_112_16