Clinicopathologic significance of eosinophilic pleural effusions in a population with a high prevalence of tuberculosis and cancer

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 773-781

  Özkara, Sevgiye Kaçar ^a,b   Turan, Gupse ^a   Başyiǧit, Ilknur ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Mustafa Pasa Mahallesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Effusion; Pleura; Pleural effusion, eosinophilic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIC PLEURAL EFFUSION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORACOCENTESIS;

EID: 34548856229     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000325841     Document Type: Article

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