Cholesterol crystals in pleural fluid

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 185, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 586-

  Genzen, Jonathan R ^a,b   Motin, Abdul ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYSTAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOCENTESIS;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CHOLESTEROL; CRYSTALLIZATION; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLEURAL EFFUSION;

EID: 84857842472     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201107-1200IM     Document Type: Article

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