Residual pleural thickening is related to vascular endothelial growth factor levels in parapneumonic pleural effusions

Respiration

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 472-479

  Papaioannou, Andriana I ^a   Kostikas, Konstantinos ^a   Tsopa, Paschalina ^a   Kiropoulos, Theodoros ^a   Tsilioni, Irene ^a   Oikonomidi, Smaragda ^a   Gerogianni, Irene ^a   Gourgoulianis, Konstantinos I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Parapneumonic effusions; Residual pleural thickening; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PH; PLEURA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; ROC CURVE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 78649327973     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000270913     Document Type: Article

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