## Abstract Pleural effusions (PE) are the most common complications that may be produced by a wide variety of diseases. A large number of studies exploring the role of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and cytokeratin fragment 19 (CYFRA 21‐1) marker in differential diagnosis of PE have been published
Potential diagnostic value of methylation profile in pleural fluid and serum from cancer patients with pleural effusion
✍ Scribed by Susana Benlloch; Jose Marcelo Galbis-Caravajal; Concepcion Martín; Jose Sanchez-Paya; Jose Manuel Rodríguez-Paniagua; Santiago Romero; Juan Jose Mafe; Bartomeu Massutí
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 129 KB
- Volume
- 107
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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