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Table of Content - Volume 10 Issue 3 - June 2018


 

Diagnostic yield of pleural fluid cell block and fluid cytology in malignant pleural effusion: Study of 200 cases in tertiary care

 

Abdul Hameed Abdul Shikur Chaudhari1, Shital Patil2*

 

1,2Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, MIMSR Medical College, Latur, Maharashtra, INDIA.

Email: laturcritical@gmail.com

 

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