A Primer on the Management of Pleural Effusions

William Bremer; Charles E. Ray Jr.

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1676361

Seminars in Interventional Radiology, Table of Contents

Semin intervent Radiol 2018; 35(05): 486-491
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1676361

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A Primer on the Management of Pleural Effusions

William Bremer

¹Department of Radiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois

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Charles E. Ray Jr.

¹Department of Radiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois

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