The composition of normal pericardial fluid and its implications for diagnosing pericardial effusions

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 636-640

  Ben Horin, Shomron ^a,b   Shinfeld, Ami ^a   Kachel, Erez ^a   Chetrit, Angela ^a   Livneh, Avi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Lactate dehydrogenase; Lymphocytes; Pericardial fluid; Pericardium; Protein

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MONOCYTE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENOUS BLOOD;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 19544376112     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.01.066     Document Type: Article

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