The diagnostic values of serum, pleural fluid and urine neopterin measurements in tuberculous pleurisy

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1040-1045

  Tozkoparan, Ergun ^a   Deniz, O ^a   Cakir, E ^a   Yaman, H ^a   Ciftci, F ^a   Gumus, S ^a   Ozcan, O ^a   Akgul, O E ^a   Bilgic, H ^a   Erbil, K ^a   Ekiz, K ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Neopterin; Pleural fluid; Tuberculous pleurisy

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; NEOPTERIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURISY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPTERIN; PLEURAL EFFUSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL;

EID: 27644599420     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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