Differential diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy by measurement of cytokine concentrations in pleural effusion

Tubercle and Lung Disease

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-34

  Ogawa, K ^a   Koga, H ^a   Hirakata, Y ^a   Tomono, K ^a   Tashiro, T ^a   Kohno, S ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATIENT; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURISY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SERUM; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

EID: 0031461540     PISSN: 09628479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-8479(97)90013-7     Document Type: Article

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