Hyaluronic acid pulmonary embolism: A critical consequence of an illegal cosmetic vaginal procedure

Thorax

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 360-361

  Park, Hyung Joo ^a   Jung, Ki Hwan ^a   Kim, Sun Young ^a   Lee, Ju Han ^a   Jeong, Jin Yong ^a   Kim, Je Hyeong ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HYALURONIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG EMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VAGINA RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 77950914951     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2009.128272     Document Type: Article

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