Diagnostic utility of adenosine deaminase (ADA) activity in pleural fluid and serum of tuberculous and non-tuberculous respiratory disease patients

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 363-369

  Lamsal, Madhab ^a   Gautam, Narayan ^a   Bhatta, Narendra ^a   Majhi, Shankar ^a   Baral, Nirmal ^a   Bhattacharya, Shyamal Kumar ^a  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

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EID: 34249706923     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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