Diagnostic Accuracy with Total Adenosine Deaminase as a Biomarker for Discriminating Pleural Transudates and Exudates in a Population-Based Cohort Study

Diagnostic Accuracy with Total Adenosine Deaminase as a Biomarker for Discriminating Pleural Transudates and Exudates in a Population-Based Cohort Study

Background. An initial step in the evaluation of patients with pleural effusion syndrome (PES) is to determine whether the pleural fluid is a transudate or an exudate. Objectives. To investigate total adenosine deaminase (ADA) as a biomarker to classify pleural transudates and exudates. Methods. An...

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Main Authors: Bernardo Henrique Ferraz Maranhão, Cyro Teixeira da Silva Junior, Jorge Luiz Barillo, Carmem Lucia Teixeira de Castro, Joeber Bernardo Soares de Souza, Patricia Siqueira Silva, Roberto Stirbulov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2021-01-01
Series:Disease Markers
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6648535

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6648535

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