An experience of discrimination of exudative pleural effusions based on C-reactive protein (CRP) and adenosine deaminase (ADA) in Belarus

S. Alinejad Moallem, A. D. Tahanovich (Minsk, Belarus)

Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Diagnosis of tuberculosis: problems and perspectives
Session: Diagnosis of tuberculosis: problems and perspectives
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2384
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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