Massive pleural effusion and marked of CA-125

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 943, 2004, Pages 300-301

  Hussain, S F ^a,b   Grayez, J ^a   Grigorian, A ^a   Green, J T ^a  

^a LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; DIURETIC AGENT; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASCITES TUMOR; BENIGN TUMOR; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATORENAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTENSIVE CARE; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LYMPHADENOPATHY; OVARY CARCINOMA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; SEPSIS; SEROLOGY; SERUM; SMOKING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CA-125 ANTIGEN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIURETICS; DRAINAGE; DYSPNEA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 2442651317     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2003.012377     Document Type: Article

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