Vascular endothelial growth factor with tumour growth factor-β, endostatin, proteinases or cytokines might be useful for differential diagnosis of pleural effusions

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 424-425

  Koniari, Ioanna ^a   Koletti, Basiliki ^b   Apostolakis, Efstratios ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER GROWTH FACTOR; CANCER GROWTH FACTOR BETA; CYTOKINE; ENDOSTATIN; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; METALLOPROTEINASE; NEUTROPHIL COLLAGENASE; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CANCER CELL; CELL INFILTRATION; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MESOTHELIUM CELL; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR GROWTH;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYTOKINES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSTATINS; HUMANS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 79952355044     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2010.250357A     Document Type: Article

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