Spontaneous chylothorax in a 2-year-old child

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 190, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 262-264

  Soto Martinez, Manuel E ^a   Clifford, Vanessa ^a   Clarnette, Tom ^a   Ranganathan, Sarath ^a,b   Massie, R John ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; OCTREOTIDE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHYLOTHORAX; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW FAT DIET; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY; VOMITING;

EID: 63049086288     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02391.x     Document Type: Article

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