TY - JOUR T1 - From the author: Blind needle biopsy of the pleura: why not? JF - European Respiratory Review JO - EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY REVIEW SP - 122 LP - 122 DO - 10.1183/09059180.00001411 VL - 20 IS - 120 AU - J. Janssen Y1 - 2011/06/01 UR - http://err.ersjournals.com/content/20/120/122.abstract N2 - From the author:I thank K. Psathakis and V. Skouras for their detailed comments. Although it has been demonstrated that the additional diagnostic yield of blind-pleural biopsy in the diagnosis of malignant pleural effusion to thoracocenthesis is limited … ER -