Adenosine deaminase levels in nontuberculous lymphocytic pleural effusions

Chest

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 356-361

  Lee, Y C Gary ^a   Rogers, Jeffrey T ^a   Rodriguez, R Michael ^a   Miller, Kent D ^a   Light, Richard W ^a  

^a SAINT THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenosine deaminase; Malignancy; Pleural effusion; Post coronary artery bypass; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME ASSAY; EXUDATE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG EXTRAVASCULAR FLUID; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOMA; MONOCYTE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0034833695     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.120.2.356     Document Type: Article

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