Carcinoid and chylous ascites: An unusual association

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 781-783

  Kypson, Alan P ^a   Onaitis, Mark W ^a   Feldman, Jerome M ^a   Tyler, Douglas S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascites; Carcinoid; Chylous; Neuroendocrine

Indexed keywords

STREPTOZOCIN; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOID; CHYLOUS ASCITES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME; BRONCHUS TUMOR; INTESTINE TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PANCREAS TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE; URINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHIAL NEOPLASMS; CARCINOID TUMOR; CHYLOUS ASCITES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0036719486     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1091-255X(02)00014-8     Document Type: Article

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