The use of octreotide to treat congenital chylothorax

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 845-847

  Paget Brown, Alix ^a   Kattwinkel, John ^a   Rodgers, Bradley M ^a   Michalsky, Marc P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Neonatal chylothorax; Octreotide; Somatostatin; Turner's syndrome

Indexed keywords

OCTREOTIDE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHYLOTHORAX; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONGENITAL LUNG DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG FLUID; NEWBORN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOCENTESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURNER SYNDROME;

CHYLOTHORAX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; OCTREOTIDE; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 33645314059     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.12.041     Document Type: Article

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