Importance of human immunodeficiency virus-associated lymphadenopathy and tuberculous lymphadenitis in patients undergoing lymph node biopsy in Zambia

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-78

  Bem, C ^a,d   Patil, P S ^a   Bharucha, H ^c   Namaambo, K ^b   Luo, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Zambia)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; ZAMBIA;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BIOLOGY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; HISTOLOGY; HIV INFECTIONS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INFECTIONS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRAL DISEASES; ZAMBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIDS-RELATED COMPLEX; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0030048568     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800830124     Document Type: Article

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