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Peritoneal Fluid (body substance)

Known as: Peritoneal Fluids, Ascitic Fluid, Effusion, Peritoneal 
A liquid that is made in the abdominal cavity to lubricate the surface of the tissue that lines the abdominal wall and pelvic cavity and covers most… 
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Body FluidsPortion of serous fluid
CDISC SEND Biospecimens TerminologyCavity of greater sacCavity of omental bursaClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology

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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Elevated levels of macrophage inflammatory protein 2 in severe murine peritonitis increase neutrophil recruitment and mortality
We hypothesized that chemokines may play important roles in a cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) model of septic peritonitis in CD… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Measurement and characterization of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 in human biological fluids: discrepancies between radioimmunoassay and ligand blotting.
The inability to detect insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) in some circumstances by Western ligand blot… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Explanation of the limited correlation between tumor CA 125 content and serum CA 125 antigen levels in patients with ovarian tumors
The concentration of the tumor marker CA 125 in tumor tissue, cyst fluid, ascites fluid, and serum from patients with epithelial… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Pneumococcal disease in a medium-sized community in the United States.
To assess the importance of bacteremic pneumococcal disease among the population of one "average" American community, we studied… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Peritoneal fluid thromboxane B2 and 6-keto-prostaglandin F1α in endometriosis☆☆☆
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Rapid active transport of immunoglobulin A from blood to bile
Immunoglobulins were isolated from the serum or ascitic fluid of Lou/Wsl rats bearing plasmacytomas and labeled with 125I. When… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Proliferation and colony-forming ability of peritoneal exudate cells in liquid culture
Peritoneal exudate cells, obtained from mice injected with thioglycollate medium and cultured in medium containing L-cell… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
A search for transmissible pathogenic characters in invasive strains of Escherichia coli: the discovery of a plasmid-controlled toxin and a plasmid-controlled lethal character closely associated, or…
SUMMARY: Most invasive strains of Escherichia coli from man and domestic animals were lethal for chickens and mice. The lethal… 
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
ISOLATION OF GRANULES FROM EOSINOPHIL LEUCOCYTES AND STUDY OF THEIR ENZYME CONTENT
Eosinophils were separated from other types of cells in horse blood or rat peritoneal fluid by centrifugation in concentrated… 
Highly Cited
1960
Highly Cited
1960
An Electron Microscopic Study of Erythrophagocytosis
The present study describes a submicroscopic surface fragmentation of erythrocytes which occurs in the ascitic fluid of rats… 
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