Parameters pelating to the development of residual pleural thickening in tuberculous pleurisy

Kekkaku

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 91-97

  Nagayama, Naohiro ^a   Tamura, Atsuhisa ^b   Kurashima, Atsuyuki ^b   Hayashi, Kouji ^b  

^a National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hyper globlinemia; Pleural thickening; Pleurisy; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; GLOBULIN; SERUM ALBUMIN; SERUM GLOBULIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA THICKENING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY; ADOLESCENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PLEURA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERUM ALBUMIN; SERUM GLOBULINS; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL;

EID: 0032587640     PISSN: 00229776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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