Octreotide and chylothorax

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 264-267

  Kalomenidis, Ioannis ^a  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chylothorax; Chylous effusion; Octreotide; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

OCTREOTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN;

CHYLOTHORAX; DIARRHEA; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; FLATULENCE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE CRAMP; NAUSEA; PLEURA CAVITY; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHYLOTHORAX; HUMANS; LYMPH; OCTREOTIDE;

EID: 33748463618     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcp.0000230629.73139.26     Document Type: Review

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