Value of sonography in determining the nature of pleural effusion: analysis of 320 cases.

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Published in AJR Am J Roentgenol on July 01, 1992

Authors

P C Yang1, K T Luh, D B Chang, H D Wu, C J Yu, S H Kuo

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Republic of China.

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