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Evaluation of two strategies for the interpretation of tumour markers in pleural effusions
BACKGROUND: Pleural effusions present a diagnostic challenge. Approximately 20% are associated with cancer and some 50% require invasive procedures to perform diagnosis. Determination of tumour markers may help to identify patients with malignant effusions. Two strategies are used to obtain high spe...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5445332/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28545517 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-017-0582-1 |