Pleuropericardial effusion associated with minoxidil administration
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Pleuropericardial effusion associated with minoxidil administration.
Introduction Minoxidil is a powerful vasodilator hypotensive drug which has been used extensively to control blood pressure in patients with renal failure. Pericardial effusions are associated with minoxidil therapy (Marquez-Julio and Uldall, 1977). In cases where the protein content of the effusion has been examined in patients-some on dialysis-(Martin, Spodick and Zins, 1980; Houston, McChesn...
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عنوان ژورنال: Postgraduate Medical Journal
سال: 1982
ISSN: 0032-5473
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.58.679.319