Comparative evaluation of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) & adenosine deaminase (ADA) in pleural fluid and serum of patients with pleural effusions

I. Tsilioni, M. Minas, V. Tsolaki, A. Triantaris, C. Daenas, E. Gerogianni, K. Gourgoulianis (Larissa, Greece)

Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Pleural and mediastinal malignancies: management and rare clinical cases
Session: Pleural and mediastinal malignancies: management and rare clinical cases
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2838
Disease area: Respiratory infections, Thoracic oncology

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