Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Finger Clubbing Revisited

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 183-184

  al Wabel, Abdul Hameed ^a   Teklu, Bayu ^a   Mahfouz, Ahmed ar ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUBBING FINGERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHROPATHY, SECONDARY HYPERTROPHIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0029808801     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947559602600417     Document Type: Article

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