Pleural fluid/serum immunoglobulin ratio is a diagnostic marker for congenital chylothorax in utero

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 313-317

  Tsukimori, Kiyomi ^a,b   Nakanami, Naoyuki ^a   Fukushima, Kotaro ^a   Yoshimura, Takazumi ^a   Hikino, Shunji ^a   Nakano, Hitoo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital chylothorax; Diagnostic marker; Fetal blood; Immunoglobulin; Pleural fluid

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHYLOTHORAX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS BLOOD; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; NEWBORN; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALBUMINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHYLOTHORAX; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROTHORAX; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROTEINS;

EID: 33746371019     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2006.060     Document Type: Article

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