The role of 67gallium scintigraphy and high resolution computed tomography as predictors of disease activity in sputum smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 563-569

  Lai, F M ^a   Liam, C K ^a,b   Paramsothy, M ^a   George, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Disease activity; Pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GALLIUM;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPUTUM;

FEMALE; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0031544099     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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