Validity of a decision tree for predicting active pulmonary tuberculosis

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1711-1716

  El Solh, Ali ^b   Mylotte, Joseph ^b   Sherif, Sherif ^b   Serghani, Joseph ^b   Grant, Brydon J B ^a  

^a VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; DECISION THEORY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031011410     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.155.5.9154881     Document Type: Article

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