Pleural fluid cell-free DNA integrity index to identify cytologically negative malignant pleural effusions including mesotheliomas

BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of malignant pleural effusions (MPE) is often clinically challenging, especially if the cytology is negative for malignancy. DNA integrity index has been reported to be a marker of malignancy. The aim of this study was to evaluate the utility of pleural fluid DNA integrity...

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Autores principales: Sriram, Krishna B, Relan, Vandana, Clarke, Belinda E, Duhig, Edwina E, Windsor, Morgan N, Matar, Kevin S, Naidoo, Rishendran, Passmore, Linda, McCaul, Elizabeth, Courtney, Deborah, Yang, Ian A, Bowman, Rayleen V, Fong, Kwun M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3495778/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23009708
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-12-428

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