Cholesterol in pleural exudates depends mainly on increased capillary permeability

Translational Research

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 178-184

  Valdés, Luis ^a   San José, Esther ^a   Estévez, Juan Carlos ^b   González Barcala, Francisco Javier ^a   Álvarez Dobaño, José Manuel ^a   Golpe, Antonio ^a   Valle, José Manuel ^a   Penela, Pedro ^a   Vizcaíno, Luis ^a   Pose, Antonio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77949457040     PISSN: 19315244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trsl.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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