Medical Hypotheses
Volume 58, Issue 2 , Pages 133-135 , February 2002

Reduction of lung parenchyma compliance as a factor in the genesis of pleural effusion in neoplasms

Received 28 March 2001 ,Accepted 5 July 2001.

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PII: S0306-9877(01)91475-6

doi: 10.1054/mehy.2001.1475

Medical Hypotheses
Volume 58, Issue 2 , Pages 133-135 , February 2002

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