The diagnostic significance of polyclonal lymphocytosis in pleural effusions

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 1104, 2000, Pages 56-58

  Elis, Avishay ^d   Mulchanov, Ina ^a,b   Radnay, Judith ^d   Shapiro, Hava ^a,c   Lishner, Michael ^a,b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA EFFUSION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 0034711915     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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