Fetal hydrothorax resolving completely after a single thoracentesis: A report of 2 cases

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 843-848

  Hidaka, Nobuhiro ^a   Chiba, Yoshihide ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fetus; Hydrothorax; Thoracentesis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; LIVE BIRTH; METHODOLOGY; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; THORAX SURGERY; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ADULT; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROTHORAX; LIVE BIRTH; PLEURAL CAVITY; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; THORACIC SURGERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 38449114985     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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