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Alkaline phosphatase: Distinguishing between tuberculous and nontuberculous pleural effusion

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the value of pleural fluid alkaline phosphatase and pleural fluid/serum alkaline phosphatase ratio for the purpose of differentiating tuberculous from nontuberculous pleural effusion. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 60 indoor patients, admitted to our hospital, having pleur...

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Autores principales: Jadhav, Ashish Anantrao, Bardapurkar, Jayashree Suhas, Jain, Anuradha
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20442841
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.53230