Influence of storage time and temperature on pleural fluid adenosine deaminase determination

Respirology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 488-492

  Antonangelo, Leila ^a   Vargas, Francisco S ^a,b   Almeida, Luciana P ^a   Acencio, Milena M P ^a   Gomes, Fabrício D M ^a   Sales, Roberta K ^a   Seicento, Márcia ^a   Teixeira, Lisete R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adenosine deaminase; Enzyme; Pleura; Pleural fluid; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; EDETIC ACID;

ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ERROR; EXUDATE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEASUREMENT; NEOPLASM; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; THORACOCENTESIS; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ENZYME STABILITY; HUMANS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL;

EID: 33744774964     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2006.00866.x     Document Type: Article

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