Reduction of pleural effusion by OK-432 in a fetus complicated with congenital hydrothorax

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 327-331

  Tsukihara, Ayumi ^a   Tanemura, Mitsuyo ^a   Suzuki, Yoshikatsu ^a   Sato, Takeshi ^a   Tanaka, Taihei ^a   Suzumori, Kaoru ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chylothorax; Cornelia de Lange syndrome; OK 432

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID; OXYGEN; PICIBANIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHYLOTHORAX; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DE LANGE SYNDROME; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; LYMPHOCYTE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYPNEA; THORACIC CAVITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL THERAPIES; HUMANS; HYDROTHORAX; PICIBANIL; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 3042600954     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077960     Document Type: Article

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