Incidence and significance of peritoneal eosinophilia during peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 460-464

  Pérez Fontán, Miguel ^a   Rodríguez Carmona, Ana ^a   Galed, Ignacio ^a   Iglesias, Pilar ^a   Villaverde, Pedro ^a   García Ureta, Ernesto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Eosinophilia; Peritonitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIALYSATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0142212283     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089686080302300510     Document Type: Article

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