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Pleura

Known as: Pleural Tissue, Wall of pleural sac 
The thin serous membrane enveloping the lungs (LUNG) and lining the THORACIC CAVITY. Pleura consist of two layers, the inner visceral pleura lying… 
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Advanced Pleural Malignant MesotheliomaAnatomical site notation for tumour staging PLEBiopsy of pleura (procedure)Blood supply aspects

Narrower (5)

Mediastinal pleuraMembrane of right pleural sacMesothelium of pleuraParietal pleura

Broader (2)

Respiratory SystemSerous Membrane

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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Intensity-modulated radiotherapy following extrapleural pneumonectomy for the treatment of malignant mesothelioma: clinical implementation.
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Assessment of lung cancer response after nonoperative therapy: tumor diameter, bidimensional product, and volume. A serial CT scan-based study.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Value of thyroid transcription factor-1, E-cadherin, BG8, WT1, and CD44S immunostaining in distinguishing epithelial pleural mesothelioma from pulmonary and nonpulmonary adenocarcinoma.
The distinction between malignant pleural mesotheliomas and adenocarcinomas, particularly those originating in the lung, is a… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
The murine decorin. Complete cDNA cloning, genomic organization, chromosomal assignment, and expression during organogenesis and tissue differentiation.
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Multiple-marker immunohistochemical phenotypes distinguishing malignant pleural mesothelioma from pulmonary adenocarcinoma.
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Serotonergic modulation of two potassium currents in the pleural sensory neurons of Aplysia.
1. The properties of membrane currents that were modulated by serotonin (5-HT) were investigated with two-electrode voltage-clamp… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Antigenic phenotype of malignant mesotheliomas and pulmonary adenocarcinomas. An immunohistologic analysis demonstrating the value of Leu M1 antigen.
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Pleural tuberculosis evaluated by computed tomography.
Twenty-four cases of pleural tuberculosis (20 active and 4 inactive) were studied with computed tomography (CT). In 14 patients… 
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
Asbestos bodies and pleural plaques in a Finnish series of autopsy cases.
  • L. Meurman
  • Acta pathologica et microbiologica Scandinavica
  • 1966
  • Corpus ID: 30440980
Highly Cited
1954
Highly Cited
1954
The systemic lesions of malignant rheumatoid arthritis.
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