Screening of tuberculous pleural effusion by discriminant analysis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 673-679

  Carrion Valero F ^a   Perpina Tordera M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Pleural effusion; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL;

EID: 0034940468     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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