Can computerized tomography Hounsfield unit values be useful in the differential diagnosis of pleural effusion?
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Research in Clinical Medicine
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2717-0616
DOI: 10.34172/jrcm.2020.026