The diagnosis of pleural effusions—Are cancer markers clinically helpful?

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1984, Pages 68-72

  Wardman, A G ^a   Bowen, M ^b   Struthers, L P L ^b   Cooke, N J ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cancer markers; diagnosis; pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CHYMOTRYPSIN INHIBITOR; TUMOR MARKER;

CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SERUM;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA 1-ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CHYMOTRYPSIN; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FERRITIN; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEOPLASMS; OROSOMUCOID; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PREGNANCY-ASSOCIATED ALPHA-PLASMA PROTEIN; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0021355243     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: 1096911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpo.2950120116     Document Type: Article

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