The usefulness of adenosine deaminase in the diagnosis of tuberculous pericarditis

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 165-170

  Tuon, Felipe Francisco ^a   Da Silva, Vivian Iida ^a   De Almeida, Gisele M Duboc ^a   Antonangelo, Leila ^a   Ho, Yeh Li ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute pericarditis; Adenosine deaminase; Pericardial effusion; Pericarditis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEOPLASM; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PERICARDIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS;

EID: 34447287087     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652007000300006     Document Type: Article

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