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Peritoneal Fluid (body substance)

Known as: Peritoneal Fluids, Ascitic Fluid, Effusion, Peritoneal 
A liquid that is made in the abdominal cavity to lubricate the surface of the tissue that lines the abdominal wall and pelvic cavity and covers most… 
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Body FluidsPortion of serous fluid
CDISC SEND Biospecimens TerminologyCavity of greater sacCavity of omental bursaClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology

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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Vascular endothelial growth factor in the sera and effusions of patients with malignant and nonmalignant disease
Clinical data clearly indicate a correlation between tumor neovascularization, aggressiveness of tumor growth, and metastatic… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
Natural course of acute pancreatitis
Acute pancreatitis comprises, in terms of clinical, pathologic, biochemical, and bacteriologic data, four entities. Interstitial… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and its receptors flt and KDR in ovarian carcinoma.
BACKGROUND Two thirds of patients with ovarian carcinoma have advanced disease at diagnosis and have poor prognoses because of… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Pathogenesis of ascites tumor growth: vascular permeability factor, vascular hyperpermeability, and ascites fluid accumulation.
Previous studies have shown that accumulation of tumor ascites fluid results in large part from increased permeability of… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Ascitic fluid analysis in malignancy‐related ascites
A prospective study identified 45 patients with malignancy‐related ascites among 448 ascites patients (10% of the total… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Optimization of ascitic fluid culture technique.
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
High frequency of natural autoantibodies in normal newborn mice.
Spleen cells from 6-day-old nonimmunized BALB/c and BALB.B10 mice were fused with the nonsecreting hybridoma cell line Sp2/0… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Protein losses during peritoneal dialysis.
The losses of protein into dialysate have been considered a major limitation of maintenance peritoneal dialysis. We, therefore… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Identification of the serotype-specific and group-specific antigens of bluetongue virus.
The bluetongue virus (BTV) core particle contains 2 major polypeptides, P3 and P7, and is surrounded by an outer capsid layer… 
Highly Cited
1947
Highly Cited
1947
THE EFFECT OF INCREASED INTRA-ABDOMINAL PRESSURE ON RENAL FUNCTION IN MAN.
It is well established that increased intra-abdominal pressure alters renal function. In experimental animals, distention of the… 
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