Hepatic Hydrothorax Diagnosis and Management

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 56-60

  Giacobbe, Antonio ^a   Facciorusso, Domenico ^a   Barbano, Filippo ^a   Andriulli, Angelo ^a   Frusciante, Vincenzo ^a  

^a CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; MACROSALB TC 99M; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAPLEURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PERITONEUM VEIN SHUNT; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; SCINTISCANNING; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORACOCENTESIS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROTHORAX; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 0030064111     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199601000-00014     Document Type: Article

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