Simple method for rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis pleuritis: A statistical approach

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-29

  Ghanei, Mostafa ^b   Aslani, Jafar ^b   Bahrami, Hossein ^a   Adhami, Hossein ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

EID: 2542599971     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/021849230401200107     Document Type: Article

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