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Comparison between closed pleural biopsy and medical thoracoscopy for the diagnosis of undiagnosed exudative pleural effusions: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Exudative pleural effusion (EPE) is a common diagnostic challenge. The utility of medical thoracoscopy (MT) and closed pleural biopsy (CPB) to aid in the diagnosis of EPE has been reported in many published studies. Herein, we perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to compare the...

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Autores principales: Wei, Yuqing, Shen, Kaikai, Lv, Tangfeng, Liu, Hongbing, Wang, Zimu, Wu, Juan, Zhang, He, Colella, Sara, Wu, Fu-Zong, Milano, Michael T., Zhan, Ping, Song, Yong, Lu, Zhiwei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AME Publishing Company 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7354159/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32676309
http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/tlcr.2020.03.28