Diagnostic implications of telomerase activity in pleural effusions

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 422-426

  Dikmen, G ^a   Dikmen, E ^b   Kara, M ^b   Sahin E ^c   Dogan P ^a   Ozdemir N ^c  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Malignancy; Pleural effusion; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TELOMERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELOMERIC REPEAT AMPLIFICATION PROTOCOL;

BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELOMERASE;

EID: 0042881125     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00001303     Document Type: Article

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