The chemical composition of tuberculous effusions
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[Tuberculous pleural effusions].
Tuberculous pleural effusion is a common manifestation of the primary form of the disease or consequence of the reactivation of a latent infection due to the M. tuberculosis. Advances in the laboratory methods have contributed to better diagnose and understand the pathophysiology of the effusion secondary to tuberculosis. However, although a predominant lymphocytic pleural effusion is suspiciou...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Tuberculosis
سال: 1909
ISSN: 0366-0850
DOI: 10.1016/s0366-0850(09)80046-x