Spontaneous neutrocytic hepatic hydrothorax without ascites

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 631-634

  Abba, A A ^a,b,c   Laajam, M A ^a,c   Zargar, S A ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Riyadh Medical Complex   (Saudi Arabia)

^c NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAPHRAGM; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029958507     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(96)90022-0     Document Type: Article

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