Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculous pleurisy - With special reference to the significance of measurement of pleural fluid Cytokines

Kekkaku

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 289-295

  Aoe, Keisuke ^a   Hiraki, Akio ^a   Murakami, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL SANYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Cytometric bead array; Diagnosis; INF ; Receiver operating characteristics curve; Tuberculous pleurisy

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOMETRIC BEAD ARRAY; CYTOMETRY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MACROPHAGE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURISY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TH1 CELL; THORACOSCOPY; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; PLEURAL EFFUSION; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL;

EID: 2342482360     PISSN: 00229776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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