Right pleural effusion in Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 289-294

  Tajiri, Takuma ^a   Tate, Genshu ^b   Iwaku, Takeshi ^c   Takeyama, Nobuyuki ^b   Fusama, Shigeyoshi ^d   Sato, Shuichi ^d   Kunimura, Toshiaki ^c   Mitsuya, Toshiyuki ^b   Morohoshi, Toshio ^c  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY FUJIGAOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Yokohama Asahi Central and General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlamydial infection; Fitz Hugh Curtis syndrome; Pelvic inflammatory disease; Perihepatitis; Right pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; SYNDROME;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PLEURAL EFFUSION; SYNDROME;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 33846434442     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: 0386300X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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