Clinical manifestations and epidemiology of childhood tuberculosis in Stockholm 1976-95

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 569-572

  Eriksson, Margareta ^a   Bennet, Rutger ^a   Danielsson, Niklas ^a  

^a ST GÖRAN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEATH; DERMATITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; SWEDEN; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031447348     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365549709035896     Document Type: Article

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