Diclofenac (Voltaren)-induced pneumonitis after chest operation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2176-2177

  Ueda, Kazuhiro ^a   Sakano, Hisashi ^a   Tanaka, Toshiki ^a   Hayashi, Masatarou ^a   Fujita, Nobuhiro ^a   Zempo, Nobuya ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION TEST; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX SURGERY; WOUND;

AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DICLOFENAC; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PNEUMONECTOMY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0036897894     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)04173-5     Document Type: Article

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