Study of paradoxical response to chemotherapy in tuberculous pleural effusion

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 211-214

  Al Majed, S A ^a,b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ETHAMBUTOL; HYDROCORTISONE; ISONIAZID; PREDNISOLONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ASPIRATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA THICKENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SAUDI ARABIA; THORACOCENTESIS;

EID: 0030000565     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(96)90289-9     Document Type: Article

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