Relevance of adenosine deaminase and lysozyme measurements in the diagnosis of tuberculous pericarditis

Cardiology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 81-85

  Aggeli, Constadina ^a,b   Pitsavos, Christos ^a   Brili, Stella ^a   Hasapis, Dimitrios ^a   Frogoudaki, Alexandra ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a   Toutouzas, Pavlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adenosine deaminase; Lysozyme; Tuberculous pericarditis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; LYSOZYME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MURAMIDASE; PERICARDITIS, TUBERCULOUS;

EID: 0034489745     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000047296     Document Type: Article

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