The diagnostic role of glycosaminoglycans in pleural effusions: A pilot study

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Vavetsi, Rozina ^a   Bonovas, Stefanos ^a   Polizou, Paraskevi ^a   Papanastasopoulou, Chrysanthi ^a   Dougekou, Georgia ^a   Sitaras, Nikolaos M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PHOTOMETRY; PILOT STUDY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHOLESTEROL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 63049126360     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-9-9     Document Type: Article

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