Intrapleural corticosteroid injection therapy for post-traumatic eosinophilic pleural effusion

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 501-503

  Ishiura, Y ^a,b   Fujimura, M ^b   Nakamura, N ^a   Jokaji, H ^a   Minami, S ^a   Matsuda, T ^b  

^a Department of Internal Medicine   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; INTRAPLEURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029827470     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(96)90179-1     Document Type: Article

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