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EDITORIAL
Classification of parapneumonic pleural effusions: From the pathophysiology to classification and modern treatment
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Pneumonologist,University Hospital of Alexandroupolis
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Professor of Pneumonology, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, and ERS visiting professor, Medical University of Vienna, Editor-in –chief PNEUMON
Corresponding author
Demosthenes Bouros
Dept of Pneumonology, Dept of Internal Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace and University Hospital of Alexandroupolis Alexandroupolis, Greece, 68100
Dept of Pneumonology, Dept of Internal Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace and University Hospital of Alexandroupolis Alexandroupolis, Greece, 68100
Pneumon 2010;23(2):131-134
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