Heparin therapy and reversal of protein-losing enteropathy in a case with congenital heart disease

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 267-268

  Bendayan I ^a   Casaldaliga, J ^a   Castello F ^a   Miro Ll ^a  

^a HOSPITAL MATERNO INFANTIL VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heparin therapy; Protein losing enteropathy

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; TRICUSPID VALVE ATRESIA;

ANTICOAGULANTS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROTEIN-LOSING ENTEROPATHIES; TRICUSPID VALVE; TRICUSPID VALVE STENOSIS;

EID: 0034039943     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002460010055     Document Type: Article

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