Predictive model for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusion

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-88

  Neves, Denise Duprat ^a,c   Dias, Ricardo Marques ^a   da Cunha, Antônio José Ledo A ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Pleural effusions; Predictive model; Sensitivity and specificity; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLEURA BIOPSY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORACOCENTESIS; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

EID: 34347397417     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702007000100019     Document Type: Article

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