Chylothorax: Diagnostic approach

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 387-393

  Skouras, Vasileios ^a   Kalomenidis, Ioannis ^b  

^a 412 Military Hospital   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chylomicrons; Chylous; Triglycerides

Indexed keywords

CHYLOMICRON; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIPOPROTEIN;

ANAMNESIS; CHYLE; CHYLOTHORAX; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; EFFUSION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NEPHROSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PLEURA FLUID; REVIEW; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; RISK FACTOR;

CHYLOTHORAX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIPOPROTEINS; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 77953650341     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e328338dde2     Document Type: Review

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