Evaluation of pleural fluid in patients with cirrhosis

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 619-622

  Ackerman, Zvi ^a,b   Reynolds, Telfer B ^c,d  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c RANCHO LOS AMIGOS NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascites; Cirrhosis; Hydrothorax; Pleuritis; Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPYEMA; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMINS; ASCITES; ASCITIC FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROTHORAX; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031475016     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199712000-00014     Document Type: Article

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