Malignant and tuberculous pleural effusions: immunophenotypic cellular characterization

Malignant and tuberculous pleural effusions: immunophenotypic cellular characterization

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Tuberculosis and cancer are the main causes of pleural effusion. Pleural involvement is associated with migration of immune cells to the pleural cavity. We sought to characterize the immunophenotype of leukocytes in the pleural effusion and peripheral blood of patients w...

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Main Authors: Lucia Maria Zanatta de Aguiar, Leila Antonangelo, Francisco S. Vargas, Maria Cláudia Nogueira Zerbini, Maria Mirtes Sales, David E. Uip, Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2008-01-01
Series:Clinics
Subjects:
Pleural fluid
Cancer
Flow cytometry
Monoclonal antibody
Tuberculosis
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322008000500012

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