Constrictive pericarditis in patients with tuberculous pericarditis

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 599-605

  Chen, Kuan Yu ^a   Liaw, Yuang Shuang ^b   Kao, Hsien Li ^b   Yang, Pan Chyr ^b   Luh, Kwen Tay ^b  

^a EN CHU KONG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Shaggy effusion; Sonography; Tuberculous pericarditis

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS, CONSTRICTIVE; PERICARDITIS, TUBERCULOUS; PREDNISOLONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032759942     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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