Chemical pleurodesis could exacerbate lymphedema of yellow nail syndrome

Acta Medica Nagasakiensia

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 71-72

  Kawano, Tetsuya ^a   Matsuse, Hiroto ^a   Shigematsu, Kazuto ^a   Miyazaki, Masanobu ^a   Taguchi, Takashi ^a   Kohno, Shigeru ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemical pleuredesis; Lymphedema; Pleural effusion; Yellow nail syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; SEPTICEMIA; YELLOW NAIL SYNDROME;

EID: 0141892156     PISSN: 00016055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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