Acta Med. 2003, 46: 215-216

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2019.37

Response to Gefitinib in Pericardial Effusion Due to Lung Cancer

Norihiro Kikuchi, Hiroaki Satoh, Takahide Kodama, Norihiro Haraguchi, Kiyohisa Sekizawa

University of Tsukuba, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Division of Respiratory Medicine, Japan

Received June 1, 2003
Accepted July 1, 2003

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