Hypoalbuminemia as a cause of pleural effusions

Chest

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1066-1069

  Eid, Alain ^a,b   Keddissi, Jean I ^a   Kinasewitz, Gary T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Dept of Pulmon/Critical Care Med ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Albumin; Oncotic pressure; Pleural effusion; Protein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOTIC PRESSURE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032932318     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.115.4.1066     Document Type: Article

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