Pleural effusion in a patient with multiple myeloma

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 672-674

  Oudart, Jean Baptiste ^a   Maquart, François Xavier ^a,b   Semouma, Oualid ^a   Lauer, Magali ^a   Arthuis Demoulin, Patricia ^a   Ramont, Laurent ^a,b  

^a REIMS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PLASMA CELLS; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT;

EID: 84859313464     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2010.160994     Document Type: Article

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