Does elevated the pleural fluid creatinine / serum creatinine ratio really mean urinothorax?

I. Tudik, E. Varmusova, D. Kavkova (Poprad - Kvetnica, Slovakia)

Source: Annual Congress 2004 - Pleural effusions
Session: Pleural effusions
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 1620

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