Abdominal tuberculosis in Ahmadi, Kuwait: A clinico-pathological review

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 137-139

  Abdul Ghaffar, Naser Uama ^a   Ramadan, Ibrahim Tarif ^a   Marafie, Amin Ali ^a  

^a ADAN HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ASCITES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; KUWAIT; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; PANCREATITIS; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SWEATING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASCITES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL;

EID: 0031846303     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947559802800305     Document Type: Article

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