Causes of pleural exudates in a region with a high incidence of tuberculosis

Respirology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-38

  Liam, Chong Kin ^a,b   Kim Hatt, L I M ^a   Wong, Catherine Mee Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Exudative effusions; Malignant; Tuberculous

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG EXTRAVASCULAR FLUID; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0034020430     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1843.2000.00223.x     Document Type: Article

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