A longitudinal study of idiopathic exudative lymphocytic pleural effusion in older people

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1957-1960

  El Solh, Ali A ^a,b   Abdo, Toufic ^a   Pineda, Lilibeth ^a   Ramadan, Fadi ^a   Berbary, Eileen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Lymphocytic; Pleural effusion; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; EXUDATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PROGNOSIS; SCREENING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PROTEINS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 29244439940     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.00475.x     Document Type: Article

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