Pleural effusion in dengue: Karachi perspective

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-49

  Ejaz, Kiran ^a   Khursheed, Munawar ^a   Raza, Ambreen ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DENGUE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PAKISTAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PLEURA EFFUSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PLEURAL EFFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951967473     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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