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[Pleurodesis technique in malignant pleural effusion]

M Furrer1, R Inderbitzi

  • 1Universitätsklinik für Thorax-, Herz- und Gefässchirurgie, Inselspital Bern.

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift
|February 8, 1992
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