Validity of the CA125 level in the differential diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-69

  Ozsahin, Sefa Levent ^a   Turgut, Bulent ^a   Nur, Naim ^a   Dogan, Omer Tamer ^a   Erselcan, Taner ^a   Berk, Serdar ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLEURA CANCER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; CA-125 ANTIGEN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 40349113462     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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