Comparison of polymerase chain reaction with adenosine deaminase activity in pericardial fluid for the diagnosis of tuberculous pericarditis

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 519-521

  Lee, Jae Hwan ^a   Lee, Cheol Whan ^a   Lee, Sang Gon ^a   Yang, Hyun Suk ^a   Hong, Myeong K i ^a   Kim, Jae Joong ^a   Park, Seong Wook ^a   Chi, Hyun Sook ^a   Park, Seung Jung ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS, TUBERCULOUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037109532     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(02)01261-5     Document Type: Article

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