Omental milky spots and peritoneal dialysis - Review and personal experience

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-57

  Di Paolo, Nicola ^a   Sacchi, Giovanni ^b   Garosi, Guido ^a   Sansoni, Enrico ^a   Bargagli, Lucia ^b   Ponzo, Paola ^b   Tanganelli, Piero ^b   Gaggiotti, Enzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Omental milky spots; Peritonitis; Sclerosing peritonitis; Simple peritoneal sclerosis

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; GREATER OMENTUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MESOTHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERITONEAL BIOPSY; PERITONEAL CATHETER; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REVIEW; SCLEROSING PERITONITIS; THEORY;

EID: 15044345648     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089686080502500111     Document Type: Review

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