Prolonged scintigraphy in the diagnosis of pleuroperitoneal communication.

Perit Dial Int

Department of Nephrology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

Published: July 2023

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