Sodium valproate as a cause of recurrent transudative pleural effusion: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Tryfon, Stavros ^a   Saroglou, Maria ^a   Kazanas, Kosmas ^a   Mermigkis, Charalambos ^b   Psathakis, Kostas ^b   Galanis, Nikolaos ^a  

^a 1st Pulmonary Clinic   (Greece)

^b 401 GENERAL MILITARY HOSPITAL OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIGOXIN; GABAPENTIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETREATMENT; TACHYPNEA; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 61349155587     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-3-51     Document Type: Article

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