The changing pattern of intestinal tuberculosis: 30 years' experience

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 569-574

  Wang, H S ^a   Chen, Wei Shore ^a,b   Su, W J ^a   Lin, J K ^a   Lin, T C ^a   Jiang, J K ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Changing pattern; Intestinal; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL;

EID: 0031856137     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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