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Clinical Trial
. 1980 Jun 21;1(8182):1332-4.
doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(80)91788-2.

Auscultatory percussion of the chest

J R Guarino
Clinical Trial

Auscultatory percussion of the chest

J R Guarino. Lancet. .

Abstract

In a controlled blind study 28 patients with prominent chest disease by chest X-ray each had normal or equivocal findings by conventional methods of percussion. In each case the lung abnormality was readily detected by auscultatory percussion. Lesions less than 2 cm in diameter were detected.

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