Acute massive postoperative pleural effusion associated with asymptomatic hepatitis C-induced cirrhosis of the liver

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 314, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-50

  Hahn, Myung H ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; HCV; Hepatic hydrothorax; Hydrothorax; Pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

EID: 0030746768     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-199707000-00011     Document Type: Article

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