Lipid pleural effusions

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 335, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-20

  Agrawal, Vishal ^a   Sahn, Steven A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chylothorax; Pseudochylothorax

Indexed keywords

OCTREOTIDE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHYLOTHORAX; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LIGATION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID STORAGE; LUNG FUNCTION; PATHOGENESIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PROGNOSIS; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 38349128261     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31815d2634     Document Type: Article

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