Determination of adenosine deaminase activity and its isoenzymes for diagnosis of pleural effusions

Respirology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 321-324

  Gorguner, Metin ^a,c   Cerci, Melek ^a   Gorguner, Ilknur ^b  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adenosine deaminase; Isoenzyme; Pleural effusion; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ISOENZYME;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COLORIMETRY; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL;

EID: 0034520181     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1843.2000.00270.x     Document Type: Article

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