Clinical and laboratory parameters in the differential diagnosis of pleural effusion secondary to tuberculosis or cancer

Clinics

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 585-590

  Antonangelo, Leila ^a   Vargas, Francisco Suso ^a   Seiscento, Marcia ^a   Bombarda, Sidney ^a   Teixera, Lisete ^a   De Sales, Roberta Karla Barbosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adenosine deaminase; Exudates; Neoplasm; Pleural effusion; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA EFFUSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 36448973860     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322007000500009     Document Type: Article

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