Biochemical analysis of pleural and ascitic fluid: Effect of sample timing on interpretation of results

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 471-473

  Jenkinson, Fiona ^a   Murphy, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLASSIFICATION; EXUDATE; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA EFFUSION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; TIME;

SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASCITIC FLUID; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM ALBUMIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38449098249     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/000456307781645978     Document Type: Article

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