Pleural effusion due to Histoplasma capsulatum and idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia

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Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 118-122

  Kortsik, C ^a   Elmer, A ^b   Tamm, I ^c  

^a St Hildegardis Krankenhaus   (Germany)

^b Frauenklinik   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Histoplasmosis; Idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia; Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura; Pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; THORACOCENTESIS; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; T-LYMPHOCYTOPENIA, IDIOPATHIC CD4-POSITIVE;

EID: 0037285546     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068426     Document Type: Article

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