Randomised controlled clinical trial of short course chemotherapy in abdominal tuberculosis: A five-year report

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 44-51

  Balasubramanian, R ^a   Nagarajan, M ^a   Balambal, R ^a   Tripathy, S P ^b   Sundararaman, R ^c   Venkatesan, P ^a   Paramasivam, C N ^a   Rajasambandam, P ^d   Rangabashyam, N ^d   Prabhakar, R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

^b NATIONAL AIDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c Tamilnadu Hospital   (India)

^d GOVERNMENT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Abdominal; Short course chemotherapy; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ETHAMBUTOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISONIAZID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL;

EID: 0031061333     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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