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3217597

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-3-9
pubmed:abstractText
The activity of adenosine deaminase has been measured in 295 specimens of pleural fluid from 248 patients. The effusions were due in part to pleural tubercle (n = 8), rheumatoid arthritis (n = 2) empyema (n = 4), or malignant lymphoma (n = 5); the remainder were due to effusions of other aetiologies (n = 229). The disorders of the first group of patients are known to be associated with an elevated level of ADA. The two groups of patients were compared by fixing the upper limit of normal at 50 U/l. There was a 97% specificity even though the sensitivity was only 42%. However the relative smallness of the group of patients who were suffering from tuberculosis, rheumatoid arthritis, empyema and malignant lymphoma means that the interpretation of the sensitivity of the test should be subject to caution.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0761-8425
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
641-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
[Determination of adenosine deaminase in 295 samples of pleural fluid].
pubmed:affiliation
Division de Pneumologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Suisse.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract