Adenosine deaminase and tuberculous pericarditis-A systematic review with meta-analysis

Acta Tropica

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-74

  Tuon, Felipe Francisco ^a   Litvoc, Marcelo Nóbrega ^a   Lopes, Max Igor Banks Ferreira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adenosine deaminase; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Pericardial effusion; Pericardial tuberculosis; Pericarditis; Tubeculous pericarditis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE;

BIOMARKER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HETEROGENEITY; META-ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ARTICLE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PATIENT; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; REFERENCE DATABASE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS, TUBERCULOUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33748940573     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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