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Background: Pleural tissue can be harvested either by means of closed biopsies, thoracoscopy or open surgical biopsies. Access to thoracoscopy and open surgical biopsies is limited in many parts of the world and closed biopsies are therefore the preferred initial investigation (Diacon et al., 2003)...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2014-07-01
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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/S0422763814000612 |