Meigs' syndrome: Dr. Richard Cabot's hidden first American case

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 165-168

  Young, Robert H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dr. Joe V. Meigs; Dr. Richard C. Cabot; Meigs' syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCITES; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; OVARY CARCINOMA; OVARY TUMOR; PELVIS TUMOR; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034101174     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106689690000800213     Document Type: Article

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