Pulmonary embolus masquerading as pneumonia in a patient with Hodgkin's disease and nephrotic syndrome

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 283-286

  Ellis, Robert J ^a   Cosby, Richard L ^a   Lees, Joel A ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BLEOMYCIN; CREATININE; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; FUROSEMIDE; PREDNISONE; VINBLASTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; MINIMAL CHANGE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0031970920     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199803000-00016     Document Type: Article

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