Cytokines in pleural liquid for diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 577-581

  Yamada, Y ^a   Nakamura, A ^a   Hosoda, M ^a   Kato, T ^a   Asano, T ^a   Tonegawa, K ^a   Itoh, M ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

IFN ; IL 8; ROC curve; TNF ; Tuberculous pleurisy

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PARAMETER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

EID: 0034945575     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rmed.2001.1103     Document Type: Article

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