Role of pleural viscosity in the differential diagnosis of exudative pleural effusion

Respirology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 267-271

  Yetkin, Ozkan ^a   Tek, Ibrahim ^b   Yetkin, Funda ^a   Numanoglu, Numan ^b  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Exudate; LDH; Plasma viscosity; Pleural viscosity; Tuberculous pleurisy

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXUDATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASMA VISCOSITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURA FLUID VISCOSITY; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY; VISCOMETRY; VISCOSITY;

AGED; ALBUMINS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; PLASMA; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 33846916643     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2006.01041.x     Document Type: Article

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