What can pleural fluid tell us?;¿De qué nos informa el líquido pleural?

Archivos de Bronconeumologia

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 193-194

  Villena Garrido, V ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHYLOTHORAX; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; PARAMETER; PH; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURISY; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0038613701     PISSN: 03002896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13047331     Document Type: Editorial

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