Diagnostic value of calprotectin in differentiation between benign and malignant pleural effusion

Diagnostic value of calprotectin in differentiation between benign and malignant pleural effusion

Abstract Background Pleural effusion can arise as a result of more than 50 recognized causes and the differentiation between benign and malignant origin of the fluid is still a diagnostic challenge. The ability of tumor markers and other biological markers to make better diagnosis of malignant pleur...

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Main Authors: Omar M. Mohammed, Kamel M. Hussein, Abdelgawad E. Ramadan, Gouda T. Mahmoud, Marwa El-Sayed El-Naggar, Nor Eldein Z. Gaber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-07-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology
Subjects:
calprotectin
malignant pleural effusion
nonmalignant pleural effusion
pleural effusion
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.4103/ejb.ejb_77_18

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