Amylase levels in pleural effusions: A consecutive unselected series of 841 patients

Chest

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 470-474

  Villena, Victoria ^a   Pérez, Virginia ^a   Pozo, Francisco ^a   López Encuentra, Angel ^a   Echave Sustaeta, José ^a   Arenas, Joaquín ^a   Escribano, Pedro Martín ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amylase; Amylase rich pleural effusion; Malignant pleural effusion; Pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PANCREATITIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; TISSUE LEVEL; TUBERCULOSIS; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 0036170615     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.121.2.470     Document Type: Article

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