Hydrothorax without Ascites in Liver Cirrhosis

Romanian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 315-317

  Pop, Carmen Monica ^a,b   Gherasim, Ruxandra M ^a   Dumitraşcu, Dan L ^a  

^a IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b Spitalul Clin de Pneumoftiziol   (Romania)

Author keywords

Ascites; Hydrothorax; Liver cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; INTERFERON;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ASTHENIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURODESIS; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; HYDROTHORAX; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PLEURAL EFFUSION;

EID: 1642512611     PISSN: 12214167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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