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. 1982 May;58(679):319–320. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.58.679.319

Pleuropericardial effusion associated with minoxidil administration

D B Webb, R J Whale
PMCID: PMC2426435  PMID: 7111124

Abstract

A patient on minoxidil developed pericardial and pleural effusions with a high protein content. This finding is not compatible with the view that such effusions in patients taking minoxidil are transudates.

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