Bilateral massive pleural effusion - A rare presentation of sarcoidosis [2]

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 335-336

  Balasubramanian, P ^a   Mathew, J ^a   Cherian, R ^a   Abraham, O C ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSERINE; ETHIONAMIDE; ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN; PYRAZINAMIDE; SPARFLOXACIN;

CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; SARCOIDOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

CYANOSIS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 30444432681     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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