The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 136, Issue 5 , Pages 1367-1369 , November 2008

Long-term remission of hepatic hydrothorax after OK-432 pleurodesis

  • Pei-Ying Lin, MD
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  • Ping-Hung Kuo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Ping-Hung Kuo, MD, Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital No. 7, Chung-Shan S Rd, Taipei 100, Taiwan.
    • ,
  • Chong-Jen Yu, MD, PhD
    • ,
  • Pan-Chyr Yang, MD, PhD

Received 15 October 2007 ,Accepted 2 December 2007.

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PII: S0022-5223(08)01068-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.12.078

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 136, Issue 5 , Pages 1367-1369 , November 2008

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