Low Concentration Silver Nitrate Pleurodesis in Rabbits: Optimal Concentration for Rapid and Complete Sclerosing Effect

Lung

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 353-359

  Teixeira, L R ^a   Vargas, F S ^a   Antonangelo, L ^a   Mattos, V C ^a   Vaz, M A C ^a   Acencio, M M P ^a   Marchi, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Pleura; Pleural effusion; Pleurodesis; Sclerosing agent; Silver nitrate

Indexed keywords

SCLEROSING AGENT; SILVER NITRATE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FIBROSIS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; PLEURA; PLEURODESIS; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RABBITS; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SILVER NITRATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0348109301     PISSN: 03412040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00408-003-1038-6     Document Type: Article

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