Etiology and outcome of superior vena cava (SVC) obstruction in adults

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 453-457

  Reechaipichitkul, Wipa ^a   Thongpaen, Suchart ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CORTICOSTEROID; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CYTOLOGY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE DURATION; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LUNG CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MELIOIDOSIS; METASTASIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOGENESIS; PLEURA FLUID; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SAMPLING; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; THAILAND; THORAX DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOSIS; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 4544322718     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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