Antinuclear antibody positive pleural effusion in a patient with tuberculosis

Respirology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 396-397

  Win, Thida ^a,b   Groves, Ashley M ^a   Phillips, Gerrard D ^a  

^a DORSET COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antinuclear antibody; Pleural effusion; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ISONIAZID; PREDNISOLONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURISY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0141625083     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1843.2003.00472.x     Document Type: Article

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