Diagnostic value of the ratio of pleural fluid adenosine deaminase activity to serum adenosine deaminase activity in children with tuberculosis and non tuberculosis pleural effusion
Adenosine deaminase (ADA) activity was assayed in pleural fluid and serum of 78 subjects with pleural effusion. 48 of them had tuberculosis (TB) pleural effusion and the remaining 30 had pleural effusions due to non TB respiratory diseases. It is a retrospective study conducted in the biochemistry d...
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| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2014-01-01
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| Series: | MRIMS Journal of Health Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mrimsjournal.com/article.asp?issn=2321-7006;year=2014;volume=2;issue=1;spage=34;epage=36;aulast=Rani;type=0 |