Diagnostic utility of pleural fluid and serum markers in differentiation between malignant and non-malignant pleural effusions

Diagnostic utility of pleural fluid and serum markers in differentiation between malignant and non-malignant pleural effusions

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Study objective</p> <p>To evaluate the diagnostic value of four different tumor markers: cancer antigen 125 (CA-125), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), cytokeratin 19 fragment (CYFRA 21-1) and neuron specific enolase (NSE) in patients with malignant and...

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Main Authors: Korczynski P, Krenke R, Safianowska A, Gorska K, Abou Chaz BM, Maskey-Warzechowska M, Kondracka A, Nasilowski1 J, Chazan R
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-12-01
Series:European Journal of Medical Research
Subjects:
pleural effusion
cancer antigen-125
neuron specific enolase
carcinoembryonic antigen
Online Access:http://www.eurjmedres.com/content/14/S4/128

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