Systemic corticosteroids decrease the effectiveness of talc pleurodesis

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 5 PART I, 1998, Pages 1441-1444

  Xie, Canmao ^b   Teixeira, Lisete R ^b   McGovern, Jeffrey P ^b   Light, Richard W ^a  

^a SAINT THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; TALC; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; INFLAMMATION; INTRAPLEURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADHESIONS; ANIMALS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; PLEURA; PLEURODESIS; RABBITS; TALC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAMCINOLONE;

EID: 0031775824     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.157.5.9708032     Document Type: Article

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