Preliminary evaluation of soluble IL-2 receptor and type III procollagen N-terminal aminopeptide in pleural fluid for differentiating tuberculous, carcinomatous and parapneumonic pleural effusions.

Respirology (Carlton, Vic.)

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 311-315

  Harita, Shingo ^a   Nogami, Naoyuki ^a   Kikuchi, Takeshi ^a   Kibata, Masayoshi ^a  

^a CHUGOKU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PROCOLLAGEN; PROCOLLAGEN TYPE III N TERMINAL PEPTIDE; PROCOLLAGEN TYPE III-N-TERMINAL PEPTIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA EFFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLUBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PROCOLLAGEN; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOLUBILITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0036886257     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1843.2002.01976.x     Document Type: Article

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