Diagnostic value of complement components in pleural fluid: Report of 135 cases

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1631-1635

  Shitrit, David ^a   Ollech, Jacob E ^a   Ollech, Ayelet ^a   Peled, Nir ^a   Amital, Anat ^a   Fox, Ben ^a   Kramer, Mordechai R ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Complement; Etiology; Pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4;

ADULT; AGED; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLEMENT C3; COMPLEMENT C4; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION;

EID: 55749106052     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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