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Ratios of pleural fluid to serum immunoglobulins in malignant pleural effusions

✍ Scribed by Suresh D. Desai; David L. Sackett

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1983
Tongue: English
Weight: 406 KB
Volume: 52
Category: Article
ISSN: 0008-543X
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19831201)52:11<2151::aid-cncr2820521129>3.0.co;2-s

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