Pleural effusion; a statistical study of 436 patients.

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• Publication year

  1955

• Venue

  New England Journal of Medicine

• Publication date

  1955-01-20

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1056/NEJM195501202520301PMID 13223986
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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