Thoracic empyema: management with image-guided catheter drainage.

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Published in Radiology on October 01, 1988

Authors

S G Silverman1, P R Mueller, S Saini, P F Hahn, J F Simeone, B H Forman, E Steiner, J T Ferrucci

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114.

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