Relationship between pleural fluid and serum cholesterol levels

Chest

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 204-210

  Vaz, M A C ^a   Teixeira, L R ^a   Vargas, F S ^a   Carmo, A O ^a   Antonangelo, L ^a   Onishi, R ^a   Light, R W ^a  

^a SAINT THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Chylothorax; Lipid; Pleural effusion; Pleural fluid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035122428     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.119.1.204     Document Type: Article

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