Pleural fluid and serum procalcitonin as diagnostic tools in tuberculous pleurisy

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 234-238

  Cakir, Erdinc ^a   Deniz, Omer ^a   Ozcan, Omer ^a   Tozkoparan, Ergun ^a   Yaman, Halil ^a   Akgul, Emin Ozgur ^a   Bilgi, Cumhur ^a   Bilgic, Hayati ^a   Ekiz, Kudret ^a   Erbil, Mehmet Kemal ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Pleural fluid; Procalcitonin; Tuberculous pleurisy

Indexed keywords

PROCALCITONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; PARAMETER; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

EID: 20844450905     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2004.11.008     Document Type: Article

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