Pleural Effusion due to Pyelonephritis or Urinothorax?

Respiration

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 392-

  Garcia Pachon, E ^a   Padilla Navas, I ^b  

^a Hospital Vega Baja   (Germany)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; URINE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PYELONEPHRITIS; THORAX; URINE;

EID: 0030878372     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000196712     Document Type: Article

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