Comparison of polymorphonuclear- And lymphocyte-rich tuberculous pleural effusions

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bielsa, S ^a   Palma, R ^a   Pardina, M ^a   Esquerda, A ^a   Light, R W ^b   Porcel, José M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenosine deaminase; Pleural effusion; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ADENOSINE DEAMINASE 1; ADENOSINE DEAMINASE 2; ISOENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORACOCENTESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOUS PLEURAL EFFUSION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871255379     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0236     Document Type: Article

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