Chylous ascites after renal transplantation - A case report [4]

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3336-3337

  Liu, Wan Chun ^a   Kuo, Mei Chuan ^a   Wu, Wen Jeng ^a   Hwang, Shang Jyh ^a   Chen, Hung Chun ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CREATININE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ADULT; ASCITES FLUID; CASE REPORT; CHYLOUS ASCITES; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET THERAPY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED EDEMA; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LETTER; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHYLOUS ASCITES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33749997228     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfl354     Document Type: Letter

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