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Adenosine deaminase for diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusion: A systematic review and meta-analysis

OBJECTIVE: Pleural fluid adenosine deaminase (ADA) is a useful diagnostic test for tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE), but its exact threshold and accuracy in clinical decision-making is unclear. We aimed to assess diagnostic performance of ADA in TPE and to clarify its optimal diagnostic threshold....

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Autores principales: Aggarwal, Ashutosh Nath, Agarwal, Ritesh, Sehgal, Inderpaul Singh, Dhooria, Sahajal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6435228/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30913213
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213728