Evaluation of ferritin, interleukin-6, interleukin-8 and tumor necrosis factor alpha in the differentiation of exudates and transudates in pleural effusions

Anticancer Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4 C, 1999, Pages 3607-3612

  Alexandrakis, M G ^a   Coulocheri, S A ^b   Bouros, D ^a   Eliopoulos, G D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b University Hospital of Heraklion ^*

Author keywords

Ferritin; Interleukin 6; Interleukin 8; Lung cancer; Pleural effusion; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXUDATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0033451702     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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