Alkaline phosphatase: Distinguishing between tuberculous and nontuberculous pleural effusion

Lung India

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 77-80

  Jadhav, Ashish ^a   Bardapurkar, Jayashree ^b   Jain, Anuradha ^a  

^a People s College of Medical Sciences and Research Centre   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Differentiation; Pleural effusion; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY;

EID: 77953377260     PISSN: 09702113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-2113.53230     Document Type: Article

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