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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
 
 
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Demosthenes Bouros   

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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