BTS guidelines for the management of malignant pleural effusions.

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  2003

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  Thorax

• Publication date

  2003-05-01

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  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1136/THORAX.58.SUPPL_2.II29PMID 12728148PMCID PMC1766015
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