Treatment of idiopathic chylothorax in dogs and cats

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 212, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 652-657

  Birchard, Stephen J ^a   Smeak, Daniel D ^a   McLoughlin, Mary A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; PYRONE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BLUNT TRAUMA; CAT DISEASE; CHYLOTHORAX; DOG DISEASE; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; NONHUMAN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; POSTURAL DRAINAGE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; SHUNTING; THORACIC DUCT;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHYLOTHORAX; DIET, FAT-RESTRICTED; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRAINAGE; LIGATION; PLEURODESIS; THORACIC DUCT;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0032029240     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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