Useful tests on pleural fluid that distinguish transudates from exudates

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 671-675

  Porcel, J M ^a   Vives, M ^a   De Vicente Vera, M C ^a   Cao, G ^a   Rubio, M ^a   Rivas, M C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXUDATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLESTEROL; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEINS;

EID: 0035515717     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0004563011901082     Document Type: Article

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