The value of BAL fluid LDH level in differentiating benign from malignant solitary pulmonary nodules

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 489-493

  Emad, Ali ^a   Emad, Vahid ^a  

^a NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

BAL; Benign; LDH; Malignant; Nodule

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG NODULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; COIN LESION, PULMONARY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 40049112378     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00432-007-0311-0     Document Type: Article

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