Abdominal tuberculosis

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 492-499

  Aston, Niall O ^a  

^a Greenwich District Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; CORTICOSTEROID; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROHN DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; POVERTY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL;

EID: 0030998375     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00012275     Document Type: Article

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