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Pages 349-372 (July 2006)
Recommendations of the Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR)
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Pleural Effusion
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Victoria Villena Garridoa,
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Correspondence: Dr. V. Villena Garrido. Servicio de Neumología. Hospital 12 de Octubre. Avda. de Córdoba, s/n. 28041 Madrid. España
, Jaime Ferrer Sanchob, Hernández Blascoc, Alicia de Pablo Gafasd, Esteban Pérez Rodrígueze, Francisco Rodríguez Panaderof, Santiago Romero Candeirac, Ángel Salvatierra Velázquezg, Luis Valdés Cuadradoh, Assembly on Transplantation and Transplant Techiques SEPAR
a Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
b Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
c Hospital General Universitario, Alicante, Spain
d Clínica Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain
e Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
f Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Seville, Spain
g Hospital Reina Sofía, Cordoba, Spain
h Hospital de Conxo, Santiago de Compostela, La Coruña, Spain
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