Cutoff values of biochemical tests on pleural fluid: Their usefulness in differential diagnosis of 1,040 patients with pleural effusion;Puntos de corte de los parámetros bioquímicos del líquido pleural: Su utilidad en el diagnóstico diferencial de 1.040 pacientes con derrame pleural

Anales de Medicina Interna

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 113-117

  Porcel Pérez, José Manuel ^a   Vives Soto, M ^b   Esquerda Serrano, A ^a   Jover Saenz A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALBACETE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adenosine deaminase; Empyema; Neoplasm; Pleural effusion; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; TUBERCULOSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1942423640     PISSN: 02127199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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