Identification of orcinol reactive substance in pleural fluid cell lysate-A new parameter for classification of pleural effusion

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 411, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 671-674

  Sarkar, Subendu ^a   Bhattacharya, Gorachand ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Subir ^a   Bhattacharjee, Soumya ^b   Banerjee, Dibyajyoti ^c  

^a CALCUTTA NATIONAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b R G KAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Biological marker; DNA; Exudates; Pleural effusion; RNA; Transudates

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIPHENYLAMINE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; ORCINOL; ORCINOL REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; HUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PROTEINS; CELLS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIPHENYLAMINE; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; RESORCINOLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950457830     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2010.01.030     Document Type: Article

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