Can cholesterol be used to distinguish pleural exudates from transudates? evidence from a bivariate meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Many studies have investigated whether pleural cholesterol levels can aid in diagnosis of pleural exudates, and the results have varied considerably. To gain a more reliable answer to this question, we meta-analyzed the literature on using pleural cholesterol or the ratio of cholesterol...

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Autores principales: Shen, Yongchun, Zhu, Hong, Wan, Chun, Chen, Lei, Wang, Tao, Yang, Ting, Wen, Fuqiang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4007148/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24731290
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-14-61

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4007148/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24731290
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-14-61

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