Serum Amyloid Alpha in Parapneumonic Effusions

• Asıl Yazarlar: Vagelis Boultadakis (Yazar), Vasilis Skouras (Yazar), Demosthenes Makris (Yazar), Aggeliki Damianaki (Yazar), Dimitrios J. Nikoulis (Yazar), Theodoros Kiropoulos (Yazar), Smaragda Oikonomidi (Yazar), Irene Tsilioni (Yazar), Konstantinos Gourgoulianis (Yazar)
• Materyal Türü: Kitap
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Hindawi Limited, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Konular: article
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Study objectives. To assess serum amyloid alpha (SAA) pleural fluid levels in parapneumonic effusion (PPE) and to investigate SAA diagnostic performance in PPE diagnosis and outcome. Methods. We studied prospectively 57 consecutive patients with PPE (empyema (EMP), complicated (CPE), and uncomplicat...