Gorham-Stout syndrome with chylothorax: Successful remission by interferon alpha-2b

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 613-615

  Kose, Mehmet ^a   Pekcan, Sevgi ^a   Dogru, Deniz ^a   Akyuz, Canan ^a   Ozcelik, Ugur ^a   Ozsurekci, Yasemin ^a   Gulhan, Bora ^a   Demircin, Metin ^a   Kiper, Nural ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chylothorax; Gorham Stout syndrome; Interferon alpha 2b

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA2B INTERFERON; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ANAMNESIS; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHYLOTHORAX; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; GORHAM STOUT SYNDROME; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN THERAPY; PLEURECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANALGESICS; CHILD; CHYLOTHORAX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2B; OSTEOLYSIS, ESSENTIAL;

EID: 67249144341     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20849     Document Type: Article

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