Open AccessAlkaline phosphatase: Distinguishing between tuberculous and nontuberculous pleural effusion
Author(s) -
Ashish Anantrao Jadhav,
Jayashree Suhas Bardapurkar,
Ashu Jain
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.53230
Subject(s) - medicine , alkaline phosphatase , pleural effusion , pleural fluid , gastroenterology , effusion , pathology , surgery , enzyme , chemistry , biochemistry
To evaluate the value of pleural fluid alkaline phosphatase and pleural fluid/serum alkaline phosphatase ratio for the purpose of differentiating tuberculous from nontuberculous pleural effusion.