Increased levels of albumin in bronchial washing fluid of patients with bronchial carcinoma. Could albumin be considered as a tumor marker?

International Journal of Biological Markers

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 316-321

  Charokopos, N ^a   Leotsinidis, M ^b   Tsiamita, M ^a   Kalofonos, H P ^b   Vasillakos, P ^c   Christofidou, M ^c   Spiropoulos, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Albumin; Bronchial washing fluid; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FLUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET;

EID: 12344304362     PISSN: 03936155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/JBM.2008.5643     Document Type: Article

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