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Use of pleural fluid ceruloplasmin in the differentiation of exudative and transudative pleural effusion
BACKGROUND: Differentiating into transudate or exudate is the first step in the evaluation of effusions. Light's criteria is the standard but a significant number of transudates may not be differentiated based on these criteria. Acute phase proteins (APP) are present in plasma, which increase o...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4298910/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25624589 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.148419 |